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HISTORY  AND  REMINlSCENCES^-^lSMi^ 


MONUMENTAL  CHURCH. 


RICHMOND,  VA., 


FROM    1814   TO    187  8, 


By  GEO.   D.  FISHER. 


RICHMOND: 

Whittet  &  Shepperson,  Tenth  and  Main  Streets.. 

1880. 


"Entered  according  to  act  of  Congress,  in  tlie  year  1880,  by 

GEORGE  D.  FISHER, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  "Washington,  D.  C. 


Printed  by 

"WHITTP^T    &    SlIEPPEKSOX, 

Richmond,  "S'a. 


Bound  by 

Randolph  &  English, 
Richmond,  "\'a. 


TO   THE    VESTRY 

OF    THE 

MONUMENTAL  CHURCH,  RICHMOND,  VA., 
THIS    VOLUME 

Of  Historical  Reminiscences  is  affectionately 
Dedicated. 

G.   D.  F. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGB. 

Pkefatokt  Letteb,  by  Eight  Eev.  Bishop  Dxtdlet,  xi 

Location  of  Church  ;  Note  on  the  burning  of  the  The- 
atre,      .....  t  .  1 

Proceedings  at  Common  Hall  day  after  fire,  .  .  6 

Interment  of  the  dead,        .....  13 

Resolutions    adopted   by    citizens,    Common    Council,  and 

Senate  of  United  States,  ....  14 

Notices  of  meetings,  &e,  for  building  Monument  and 
Church  ;  Plan  of  Church  and  Monument,  and  sales  of 
pews,      .......  38 

Meeting  of  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  ;  Resolutions. 

itc,  on  election  and  consecration  of  Bishop  Moore,  .  41 

Sermon  by  Bishop  Hobart  on  occasion  of  Bishop  Moore's 

consecration,     ......  57 

Bishop  Moore's  arrival  in  Richmond  ;  His  views  of  society, 

&c.,  and  address  to  the  Convention.    ...  61 

Bishop  Moore's  sermon  on  the  death  of  Mrs.  Davenport,  a 

friend  of  Judge  Coalter's  children,     ...  69 

Meetings  of  Conventions,  »Si:c.,        ....  71 

Death  of  Rev.  John  Buchanan  ;  Notices  of  same  ;  His  burial 

under  chancel  of  St.  John's  Church,   ...  81 

Meetings  of  Conventions,  &e. ,        .  .  .  .87 

Death  of  Mrs.  Moore,   and  Bishop's  letter  to  his  son  on  the 

occasion,  ......  90 

General  Marquis  Lafayette's  visit  to  the  Church,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1824,  ......  92 

Meetings  of  Conventions ;  Parochial  reports  ;  Bishop's  ad- 
dresses, &c.,  to  Convention,     ....  92 


vi  .  Contents. 

PAGE. 

List  of  Communicauts  and  Marriages  in  1829,  prepared 
by  Rev.  E..  B.  Croes,  assistant  minister  to  Bishop 
Moore,  .......         104 

Regret  of  Bishop  Moore  on  resignation  of^Rev.  R.  B.  Croes, 

and  the  Bishop's  letter  to  him,  .  .  .         108 

Parochial  reports  of  Bishop  Moore,  .  .  .         112 

A  beautiful  co^sy  of  the  New  Testament  in  golden  letters 

presented  to  Bishop  Moore,  and  his  reply,     .  .         122 

Parochial  report  to  annual  meeting  of  council,      .  .         12-1 

Rev.  Thomas  Jackson ;  his  sudden  attack  of  illness  during 

service,  .  .  .  .  .  .         125 

Meetings  of  Conventions ;  Parochial  report,  &c.,  .         127 

Bishop  Moore's  visit  to  Pennsylvania,  and  General  Conven- 
tion at  New  York,  in  fall  of  1841,        .  .  .139 

His  return  to  Richmond,  and  then  to  Lynchburg  by  the 
canal ;  arrival  and  preaching  there  ;  and  sudden  illness, 
which  terminated  his  life  on  12th  of  November,  1841,        140 

His  remains  brought  to  Richmond  by  canal ;  his  funeral  at 
Monumental  Church,  and  sketch  of  his  character  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Norwood,  his  assistant  minister,  .  .         144 

His  interment  in  City  Cemetery  ;  Resolutions,  &c.,  .         149 

Monument  to  his  memory  by  citizens,        .  .  .         158 

Sunday-school  connected  with  Monumental  Church  ;  names 

of  first  officers,  directors,  teachers,  &c.,  .  .         161 

Farewell  address  of  Captain  Thomas  Nelson,  as  superinten- 
dent of  Sunday-school,  ....         165 

List  of  officers  and  teachers  of  same,         .  .  .         169 

Names  of  ministers  who  have  been  trained  in  the  Monumen- 
tal Church  Sunday-school,       .  .  .  .170 

Interesting  letter  from  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Drew  to  Colonel  T. 

H.  Ellis,  in  June,  1868,  about  the  church,  &c.,  .         174 

Note  from  Mr.  James  Evans,  relative  to  part  of  Mr.  Drew's 

letter  about  the  first  organist  in  the  church,  &c. ,        .         187 

List  of  communicants,  recorded  by  Rev.  William  Norwood, 
at  Convention  in  1841 ;  last  report  made  by  Bishop 
Moore,  ......         190 

Meeting  of   Convention  at  Staunton  in   1842,   and  Bishop 

IVleade's  short  address,  ....         194 

Bishop  Johns'  election  as  assistant  bishop,  .  .         195 


Contents.  vii 

PAGE. 

Memorandum  by  Kev.  William  Norwood  of  additional  names 
of  communicants  between  1841  and  18i2,  with  bai^tisms, 
confirmations,  marriages  and  funerals,  .  .  198 

Letter  of  consecration  for  Rev.  John  Johns,  of  Maryland, 

as  assistant  bishop  in  Diocese  of  Virginia,      .  .         212 

Convention  held  in  Monumental  Church  in  1843 ;  Bishop 

Johns'  address  on  the  occasion,  .  .  .         214 

Resolutions  adopted  on  petition  to  the  General  Assembly  of 

Virginia,  for  legal  rights  of  church  property,  .         216 

Subject  of  salaries  for  the  two  bishops,      .  .  .         217 

Conventions  of  1844,  1845,  ....         218 

Missionary  eifort  in  Richmond,      ....         220' 

Death  of  Rev.  "William  Duval,  a  missionary,'         .  .         222 

Names  of  assistant  ministers  of  Monumental  Church,       .         224 
Remarks  of  compiler  at  close  of  first  part  of  this  History  of 

Monumental  Church,    .....  225 

Memoranda ;  Formation  of  new  congregation  in  December, 
1845 ;  Election  of  new  vestry  upon   the  resignation  of 
old  ;  Sales  of  pews  to  pay  off  debt  of  former  congrega- 
tion,       .......  227 

Vestry  meetings  and  parochial  reports  of  Rev.  George  Wood- 
bridge,  called  to  Monumental  in  December,  1845,  up  to 
18G0,      .......  239 

Meeting  of   Convention  in  Charlottesville  in  18G0  ;  Report 
of  state  of    the  church   and  parochial  report  of   Mon- 
umental Church,  and  vestry  meetings,  .  .         258 
Meeting  of  Convention  in  Richmond  in  1861,        .             .         267 
Bishop  Meade's  interesting  and  last  address,         .             .         269^ 
Resolutions  on  his  address  and  committee's  report  on  state  of 

the  church,         .  .  .  .  .  .276 

Continuation  of  parochial  reports  of  Monumental  Church, 

with  vestry  meetings  in  1862,  .  .  .  282: 

Bishop  Johns'  interesting  report,  with  extract  of  his  sermon 

on  death  of  Bishop  Meade,       ....         284 

Bishop  Meade's  funeral  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  and  his  tem- 
porary burial  at  Hollywood,     ....         292^ 

Meeting  of  Convention  again  in  Richmond  in  1863,  .  294 

Bishop  Johns'  interesting   report  to  Convention  relative  to 
the    church  ;  Visits  to  the  army  and  preaching  to  Con- 


viii  Contents. 

PAGE. 

federate  soldiers ;  A  short  report  of  committee  on  state 

of  the  chiirch,  .  .  .  .  .         294 

The  council  met  again  in  St.  Paul's   Church,  Kichmond,  on 

18th  May,  1864,    .         .  .  .  .  .297 

Another  interesting  report   from   Bishop  Johns,  as  well  as 

from  committee  on  state  of  the  church,  .  .         297 

Parochial  rejiort  of  Monumental  Church,  with  vestry  meet- 
ings and  death  of  Mr.  J.  Adams  Smith,  .  .         305 

The  late  civil  war  ended,  180"),  April,         .  .  .306 

Meeting  of  Convention  in  September,  18G5 ;  Bishop  Johns' 

address  on  the  occasion,  rbsohitions,  &c.,       .  .         306 

Meeting  of  Convention  in  Alexandria  in  1866,  with  parochial 

reports  of  Monumental  Church,  and  vestry  meetings,        326 

Meeting  of  Convention  in  Staunton  in  1867 ;  Bishop  Johns' 
address,  calls  attention  to  the  subject  of  ritualism,  and 
alludes  also  to  subject  of  division  of  diocese,  .         332 

.Meeting  of  council  in  18(58  at  Lynchburg;  Bishop  Johns 
again  calls  attention  to  ritualism  ;  Parochial  report  of 
Monumental  Church ;  Vestry  meetings  and  death  of 
Mr.  James  H.  Poindexter,  one  of  our  vestry  ;  Conven- 
tion of  1869  in  Fredericksbiarg ;  iiishop  Johns  again 
alludes  to  ritualism ;  Resolutions  adopted ;  Parochial 
report  of  Monumental  Church,  vestry  meetings,  &c.,        336 

'Convention  held  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  in  1870  ;  Paro- 
chial report ;  Vestry  meetings,  &c. ,    .  .  .         342 

^Convention  at  Petersburg  in  1871  ;  Parochial  report ;  Vestry 

meetings,  ifec,  and  new  trustees  for  church,   .  .         344 

■Meeting  of  Convention  at  Norfolk  in  1872 ;  Parochial  report 

of  Monumental  Church,  and  vestry  meetings,  .         347 

Convention   in    Winchester   in    1873  ;    Parochial   report   of 

Monumental  Church,  vestry  meetings,  &c.,    .  .         352 

Convention  in  1874  at  Charvottesville  ;  Parochial  report  of 
Monumental  Church  ;  Vestry  meetings  ;  Important  re- 
pairs to  dome,  &c.,        .....         355 

Convention  in  1875  in  Richmond  ;  Parochial  report;  Vestry 

meetings  ;  New  tin  roof  on  building,  &c. ,      .  .         358 

An  interesting  report  of  Bishop  Johns,  giving  account  of 
his  attendance  on  the  General  Convention  at  New  York 
in  October,  and  |cousecratiou  of  Bishop  Dudley  in  Bal- 
timore in  fall  of  1874,  ....         361 


Contents.  ix 

PAGE. 

Convention  in  Alexandria  in  1876  ;  Bishop  Whittle's  annual 
address — very  interesting — announcing  death  of  clergy- 
men of  the  diocese,  and  that  of  Bishop  Johns ;  Paro- 
chial report  of  Monumental  Church,  and  important  ves- 
try meetings,     ......         364 

Meeting  of  Council  in  Staunton  in  1877  ;  Parochial  report 
of  Monumental  Church  ;  Vestry  meetings,  and  interest- 
ing report  of  Bishop  Whittle,  .  .  .         374 

Oouncil  at  Lynchburg  in  1878  :  Parochial  re^jort  of  Monu- 
mental Church,  by  senior  warden ;  Vestry  meetings  ; 
Kesolutions,  &c.,  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Woodbridge,  in 
February,  1878 ;  His  funeral  from  the  church  ;  Burial 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery,  ....         382 

Adjourned  meeting,  18th  February ;  Resolution  of  Mr. 
Potts  for  memorial  window  in  church,  to  memory  of 
Dr.  Woodbridge,  .....         385 

Call  by  vestry  of  Monumental   Church  to  Eev.    Dr.    J.    H. 

Eccleston,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,     .  .  .         386 

His  decline  of  call,  ......         387 

Call  of  Eev.  J.  G.  Armstrong,  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  ;  his  de- 
cline at  first,  and  then  reconsideration,  and  final  accept- 
ance,     .......         387 

Annual  meeting  of  pew-holders,  and  election  of  vestry  for 
another  year  ;  Meeting  afterwards  of  vestry  ;  Resignation 
of  former  i-egistrar,  to  take  place  after  first  of  June 
next ;  Resolutions  of  thanks  to  registrar,  and  his  resig- 
nation recorded  on  minute  book  kept  by  him,  .         388 

Address  of  Bishop  Whittle,  at  Council  at  Lynchburg,  in  1878, 
on  the  subject  of  worldly  amusements,  particularly  round 
dancing,      .        .  .  .  .  .  .         392 

Request  by  members  to  have  sermon  furnished  for  publica- 
tion.      ......  .         396 

Private  diary  of  Dr.  Woodbridge,  .  .  .  .397 

Interesting  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  of  church  in 
the  United  States ;  Continuance  of  Dr.  Woodbridge's 
diary,    .......         400 

Correspondence  of  members  of  the  Monumental  Church 
about  his  thirtieth  year's  sermon  ;  Dr.  Woodbridge's  com- 
pliance with  request  for  its  publication,  .  .         423 

Eulogy  on  Dr.  Woodbridge  by  Mrs.  Chalmers,     .  .         442 

Valedictory,  .  .  .  .  .  .447 


X 

Contents. 

APPENDIX. 

PAGE. 

Infant  Baptisms, 

451 

Adult  Baptisms, 

470 

Confirmations, 

474 

Marriages,    . 

480 

Burials, 

490 

Communicants, 

SOG 

PREFATORY  LETTER, 


EIGHT    KEY.    BISHOP    DUDLEY, 


My  Dear  Mr.  Fisher: — I  am  more  gratified  than 
I  can  tell  you  to  know  that  you  have  completed  the 
work  begun  so  long  ago  by  Col.  Ellis,  and  that  now 
its  children,  scattered  throughout  the  country,  willy 
through  your  joint  labors,  possess  a  complete  history 
of  the  Monumental  Cluirch. 

I  must  add,  too,  that  my  gratification  is  increased 
by  your  kind  request  that  I  should  write  this  pre- 
fatory letter,  and  that  so  my  name  will  be  connected 
with  your  published  reminiscences  of  that  dear 
old  mother,  in  whose  arms  was  nursed  my  spiritual 
infancy. 

I  can  but  recall,  as  I  begin  to  write,  the  days 
now  long  past,  when  I  sat,  as  a  child,  in  dear — ever 
dear — Mr.  Tyler's  class,  in  the  Sunday-school  room, 
just  to  the  right  of  the  door, .which  was  in  the  front  of 
the  old  buildine-. 


xii  Prefatory  Letter. 

You  yourself  were  then  the  superintendent;  and 
I  can  hear  even  now  the  very  tones  of  your  voice, 
as  you  read  from  tlie  little  green  paper-backed  "  Of- 
fice of  Devotion,"  the  service  at  the  opening  and 
closing  of  the  school.  We  had  but  very  few — almost 
none — of  the  modern  improved  appliances  for  Sun- 
day-scliool  teaching.  The  cards  given  us  as  rewards 
for  punctual  attendance  and  for  excellence  of  recita- 
tion, were  by  no  means  works  of  art.  The  books 
in  the  library  were  hardly  of  thrilling  interest  to 
the  youtliful  mind,  and  tlie  wood-cuts  with  which 
they  were  illustrated  were  but  feeble  specimens  of 
pictorial  skill.  The  hymns  we  were  taught  to  sing 
in  the  scliool  were  only  those  of  the  prayer-book 
•collection.  Our  annual  celebration,  when  we  united 
witli  all  of  our  church  Sunday-schools  in  the  city, 
were  not  very  elaborate  performances.  We  did  not 
"set  up  our  banners  for  tokens"  of  our  success;  and 
the  chief  musical  feature  was  the  singing  respon- 
sively  of  the  old  hymn,  "Come  let  our  voices  join  in 
one  glad  song  of  praise."  And  yet  the  school 
flourished;  yes,  flourished  in  the  best  sense — in  the 
training  of  boys  and  girls  to  be  Christian  church- 
men and  church-women,  who  can  never  forget  the 
teaching  tliey  therein  received. 

You  will  not  understand  me  as  meaning  in  any 
sense  to  depreciate  the  advantfages  we  now  possess  in 


Pbefatoky  Letter.  xiii 

the  matter  of  instruction  books,  of  hymnals,  of  ser- 
vices better  adapted  to  the  tastes  of  the  young.  Ko;. 
and  yet  I  would  that  we  of  this  generation  should 
learn  from  your  record  of  the  past,  that  these  im- 
provements in  machinery  cannot  effect  the  great  re- 
sult without  true  spiritual  life  and  earnestness  in 
teachers  and  otlicers,  for  without  these  new  agencies 
mighty  results  have  been  accomplished. 

Dear  old  Monumental!  how  vividly  fresli  is  the 
recollection,  and  must  ever  be,  of  tlie  Sundays  spent 
within  thy  walls,  where  the  levity  of  childhood  was 
solemnized  into  thoughtful  reverence  by  the  legend 
in  great  letters  above  the  chancel — "Give  ear,  O 
Lord  !" 

I  think  that  even  now  I  could  point  oat  the  pew 
occupied  by  each  particular  family  of  the  congrega- 
tion of  that  day.  They  are  gone,  nearly  all  gone. 
The  parents  are  sleeping  in  honored  graves,  and 
their  children,  in  the  majority  of  cases,  are  scattered,, 
and  new  people  are  occupying  the  old  places.  But 
so  it  comes  to  pass  that  the  teaching  of  the  old 
church  is  "  gone  out  into  all  lands,  and  her  words 
unto  the  ends  of  the  earth."  The  good  man  who 
for  so  many  years  fed  "this  flock  of  God,"  and 
"gave  them  meat  in  due  season,"  he  has  entered 
into  his  rest.  I  rejoice  that  such  memorial  of  his 
life  and   works  is  to  be  given   to  the  world,  for  it 


xiv  Prefatory  Letter. 

shall  teach  a  lesson  sadly  needing  to  be  learned 
in  our  day.  He  was  not  in  any  sense  a  jpopular 
•  preacher.  None  of  the  arts  and  tricks  of  tlie  rheto- 
rician belonged  to  him. 

Neither  in  matter  nor  in  manner  did  he  ever  stoop 
to  the  sensational.  Week  after  week,  year  after 
y^ear,  there  came  from  liis  pulpit  the  same  certain 
sound,  ever  the  full,  free  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ, 
whereof  the  church  i%.  the  witness  and  keeper. 
Week  after  week  he  implored  men  to  enter  the  ark 
of  God,  the  scliool  of  Christ,  that  tlierein  they  might 
find  food  and  drink,  rest  and  peace,  knowledge  and 
salv^ation. 

This  was  all ;  and  as  the  3^ears  passed  by  he 
gathered  together  a  great  flock,  wliereof  you  have 
given  the  record.  Patient  in  the  tribulation  which 
must  ever  attend  faithful  work ;  not  Imrried  by  dis- 
content into  change  of  feed  ;  the  pastor  of  one  same 
congregation  from  the  daj"  of  his  ordination  to  the 
day  of  his  death  ;  it  is  good  that  we  shall  be  bidden 
to  behold  the  result,  that  thereby  the  ministers  of 
to-day  may  learn  to  have  like  patience,  and  to  show 
like  diligence,  that  thereby  the  love  of  change,  the 
roving  from  parish  to  parish,  the  crying  evil  of  the 
church  of  to-day,  may  be  rebuked. 

It  is  not  for  me,  a  cliild  of  the  full  manhood  of 
this  venerable  parish,  to  speak  of  the  days  of  its 


Pkefatory  Letter.  xv 

youth,  and  yet  I  cannot  refrain  from  adding  my 
testimony  to  the  eminent  character  and  the  remark- 
able works  of  that  man  of  God,  whom  lie  did  send 
to  be  the  first  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
and  the  second  bishop  of  the  diocese  of  Virginia. 

I  was  taught  to  reverence  him  by  her  who  taught 
me  to  say,  "  Our  Father."  The  reading  of  my  man- 
hood has  but  intensified  my  reverence  for  him  as, 
under  God,  the  founder  of  the  great  diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia. When  he  came  to  Virginia,  we  remember, 
that  but  a  few  years  had  passed  since  Bishop  Meade 
had  journeyed  away  from  the  annual  convention  of 
the  Church,  crying  in  bitterness  of  spirit,  "Lost, 
lost,  lost." 

When  he  departed  to  Paradise,  leaving  the  burden 
of  the  Episcopate  to  the  shoulders  of  his  assistant, 
"  the  little  one  had  become  a  thousand."  And  in 
both  of  these  men,  Bishop  Moore  and  Bishop  Meade, 
was  illustrated  that  fact,  which  I  rejoice  to  believe 
every  page  of  your  History  will  set  forth,  that  in 
diligent  and  trustful  use  of  the  old  methods,  in  pray- 
erful reliance  upon  the  Spirit  of  God,  is  the  hope 
that  this  church  of  our  love  shall  conquer  the  land. 
Yes,  believe  the  value,  the  great  value  of  such  volu- 
mes as  that  you  have  compiled,  the  illustration  they 
give  of  the  power  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ, 
administered  according  to  the  pure  and  simple  prin- 


xvi  Prefatory  Letter. 

ciples   which  this   Church   has   inherited    from    the 
earliest  days. 

Let  us  moderns  read  and  learn  what  faithful  men 
and  women  could  and  did  accomplish  without  the 
beauties  of  Gothic  architecture,  without  the  aid  of 
novelities  of  ritual,  without  the  meritricious  attrac- 
tions of  medievalism,  and  equally  without  the  novel- 
ties of  Protestant  sectarian  device,  or  the  undignified 
degradation  of  the  pulpit  to  a  platform.  They  stood, 
these  men  and  women,  in  "  the  old  paths,"  and  there- 
in they  labored. 

Blessed  be  God's  holy  name  for  the  result !  May 
we,  their  descendants,  stand  where  they  stood,  read 
what  they  taught,  labor  as  they  labored,  with  their 
faith  and  zeal,  departing  neither  to  the  right  hand 
nor  to  the  left. 

Ever  faithfully  and  affectionately,  yours, 

T.  U.  Dudley, 
Assistant  Bishop  of  Kentucky. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  April  24,  1880. 


THE 


Monumental  Church. 


ri^HE  Monumental  Church,  situated  on  tlie  north 
-L  side  of  Broad,  between  Twelfth  street  and  College 
street,  in  the  plan  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  stands 
upon  the  former  site  of  the  Iti(dimond  Theatre,  which 
building  was  destroyed  by  fij-e  on  the  night  of  the 
twenty-sixth  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
eleven. 

A  popular  actor  and  a  favorite  play  had  drawn  to- 
gether on  tliat  occasion  an  audience  of  about  six  hun- 
dred persons,  among  wliom  were  some  of  the  most 
distinguished  men  of  Virginia,  and  a  large  number 
of  the  most  cultivated  and  refined  of  the  citizens  of 
Richmond,  male  and  female.  Of  tiiese,  seventy-twO' 
perished  in  the  flames.* 

*NoTE. — It  was  the  last  week  of  performance  that  season,  and 
two  new  plays  were  to  be  acted — the  first  called  ' '  The  Father  ;  or 
Family  Feuds  ;"'  and  the  second,  "  Raymond  and  Agnes  ;  or  The 
Bleeding  Nun." 

The  printed  hand-bill  for  that  evening's  performance,  containing 
the  above,  together  with  all  the  names  of  the  actors,  was  found 
among  the  papers  of  Mr.  John  Warrock,  a  printer  of  long  stand- 
ing in  Eichmoud,  and  a  worthy  communicant  of  the  Monumental. 
1 


"2  History  of  the 

This  dreadfal  event  caused  a  widespread  sorrow 
and  regret,  not  only  in  Virginia,  but  even  beyond  its 

Church,  who  died  many  years  after  that  sad  event ;  aud  it  is  now 
hanging  in  a  plain  fi'ame,  on  the  south  side  of  the  State  Library 
aroom,  in  the  Capitol. 

The  editor  of  the  Eichmoud  Enquirer,  who  was  present  when 
the  alarm  was  given,  writes  thus,  after  iishering  in  the  dreadful 
disaster,  to  his  readers  : 

jL_"  Let  us  collect  our  ideas  as  well  as  we  can.  On  Thursday 
night  a  new  play  and  a  new  after-piece  were  played,  for  the 
benefit  of  Mr.  Placide.  Crowds  swarmed  to  the  Theatre  ;  it  was 
the  fullest  house  this  season  ;  there  were  not  less  than  six  hun- 
dred present.  The  play  went  off ;  the  pantomime  began  ;  the  first 
Act  was  over ;  the  whole  scene  was  before  us,  and  all  around  us 
was  mirth  aud  festivity.  Oh  God !  what  a  horrible  revolution  ; 
the  second  act  of  the  pantomime  ;  the  curtain  rose  again  in  full 
chorus,  and  Mr.  West  came  ou  to  open  the  scene,  when  sparks  of 
fire  began  to  fall  on  the  back  part  of  the  stage,  and  Mr.  Robert- 
son came  out  in  unutterable  distress,  waved  his  hand  to  the  ceil- 
ing, and  uttered  these  appalling  words:  'The  house  is  on  fire.' 
His  hand  was  immediately  stretched  forth  to  the  persons  in  the 
stage-box  to  help  them  on  the  stage.  The  cry  of  'Fire,  fire'  passed 
with  electric  velocity  through  the  house  ;  every  one  flew  from 
their  seats  to  gain  the  lobbies  aud  stairs.  The  scene  baffles  all  de- 
scription. The  most  heart-piercing  cries  pervaded  the  house. 
'Save  me,  save  me.'  Wives  asking  for  their  husbands;  females 
and  children  shrieking,  while  the  gathering  element  came  roUing 
on  its  curling  flames  and  columns  of  smoke,  threatning  to  devour 
every  human  being  in  the  building.  Many  were  trod  under  foot ; 
several  were  thrown  back  from  the  windows,  which  they  were 
struggling  to  leap.  The  stair- ways  were  immediately  blocked  up ; 
the  throng  was  so  great  that  many  were  raised  several  feet  over  the 
.heads  of  the  rest;  the  smoke  thi-eateued  an  instant  suffocation.  We 
cannot  dwell  on  this  picture.  We  saw — we  felt  it — like  others,  we 
gave  ourselves  up  for  lost ;  we  cannot  depict  it.  Many  leaped  from 
■the  windows  of  the  first  story,  and  were  saved ;  children  and 
females,  and  men  of  all  descriptions  were  seen  to  i^recipitate 
themselves  on  the  ground  below,  with  broken  legs  and  thighs, 


Monumental  Church.  3 

borders.  On  the  succeeding  da}-  the  Common  Coun- 
cil of  the  city  of  Kichmond  adopted  an  ordinance  in 

and  hideous  contusions.  Most,  if  not  all.  •who  were  in  the  pit 
escaped.  Mr.  Taylor,  the  last  of  the  musicians  who  quitted  the 
ochestra,  finding  his  retreat  by  the  back  v/ay  cut  off,  leaped  into 
the  pit,  whence  he  entered  the  semicircular  avenue  which  leads  to 
the  door  of  the  Theatre,  and  found  it  nearly  empty.  He  was  the 
last  to  escape  from  the  pit.  How  melancholy  that  many  who 
were  in  the  boxes  did  not  also  jump  into  the  pit,  and  fly  in  the 
same  direction.  But  those  who  were  in  the  boxes,  above  and  be- 
low, pushed  for  the  lobbies — many,  as  has  been  said,  escaped 
through  the  windows ;  but  most  of  them  had  no  other  resource 
than  to  descend  the  stairs ;  manj^  escaped  in  that  way,  but  so 
great  was  the  pressure  that  they  retarded  each  other,  until  the 
devouring  element  approached  to  sweefj  them  into  eternity. 
Several  who  even  emerged  from  the  building  were  so  much 
scorched  that  they  have  since  perished  ;  some  even  jumped  from 
the  second  windows  ;  some  others  have  been  dreadfully  burnt."  <+^ 

(1879,  November,  while  I  am  copying  this  dreadful  disaster  from 
an  extract  of  the  Richmond  Enquirer  of  the  27th  December, 
1811,  and  also  a  jsart  from  the  Intelligencer  Extra,  dated  at  Pe- 
tersburg, Saturday,  28th  December,  1811,  I  am  reminded  that  it 
was  understood  that  the  present  Mrs.  B.  W.  Leigh,  now  of  New 
York,  who  was  Miss  Julia  Wickham,  of  Eichmond,  was  dragged 
by  her  hair  out  of  the  Theatre  on  that  fatal  night,  and  her  life 
thus  saved ;  and  I  will  also  here  state  the  fact  that  the  grand- 
father of  our  present  distinguished  physician,  James  B.  McCaw, 
saved  the  lives  of  many  by  throwing  them  out  of  the  window, 
and  when  the  flames  forced  him  to  leap,  he  broke  his  leg,  and  was 
ever  lame  after  it.  He  was  a  man  of  wonderful  energy  and 
powerful  nerve,  as  well  as  a  great  surgeon,  and  pure  Christian, 
and  continued  a  practitioner  of  medicine  in  Richmond  to  a  ripe 
old  age,  leaving  two  sons  of  like  character  in  the  profession  ;  and 
what  a  privilege  to  be  the  son  or  grand-son  of  so  noble  a  man  as 
Dr.  James  D.  McCaw  !) 

The  fire  flew  with  a  rapidity  almost  beyond  example.  Within 
ten  minutes  after  it  caught  the  whole  house  was  wrapjied 
in  flames.      The  colored  people   in   the  gallery,   most  of  them, 


4  History  of  the 

these  words,  (the  same  having  been  reported  by  Dr. 
John  Adams) : 

escaped  through  the  stairs  cut  oif  from  the  rest  of  the 
house ;  some  have  no  doubt  fallen  victims.  The  pit  and 
boxes  had  but  one  common  avenue,  through  which  the  whole 
crowd  escaped,  save  those  who  leaped  from  the  windows.  But  the 
scene  which  ensued  it  is  impossible  to  paint.  Women  with  dis- 
hevelled hair ;  fathers  and  mothers  shrieking  out  for  their  chil- 
dren ;  husbands  for  their  wives ;  brothers  for  their  sisters,  filled 
the  whole  area  on  the  outside  of  the  building.  A  few  who  had 
escaped  plunged  again  into  the  flames  to  save  some  dear  object  of 
their  regard,  and  they  perished.  The  Governor  perhaps  shared 
this  melancholly  fate.  Others  were  frantic,  and  would  have 
rushed  to  destruction  but  for  the  hand  of  a  friend.  The  bells 
tolled ;  almost  the  whole  town  rushed  to  the  fatal  spot.  The 
flames  must  have  caught  the  scenery  from  some  light  behind, 
Robertson  saw  it  when  it  was  no  larger  than  his  hand ;  Young  saw 
it  on  the  roof  when  it  first  burst  through.  Every  article  of  the 
Theatre  was  consumed,  as  well  as  the  dwelling  house  next  to  it. 
But  what  is  wealth  in  comparison  to  the  valuable  lives  which  have 
gone  for  ever  !  The  whole  town  is  shrouded  in  woe.  Heads  of 
families  extinguished  for  ever ;  many  and  many  is  the  house  in 
which  a  chasm  has  been  made,  that  can  never  be  filled  up.  We 
cannot  dwell  upon  this  picture  ;  but  look  at  the  catalogue  of  the 
victims,  and  then  conceive  the  calamity  which  has  fallen  upon  us. 
We  must  drop  the  pen." 

A  further  extract  from  the  American  Standard  says:  "The 
editor  of  this  jjaper  was  in  the  house  when  the  ever-to-be-remem- 
bered deplorable  accident  occurred.  He  is  informed  that  the 
scenery  took  fire  in  the  back  part  of  the  house,  by  the  raising  of 
a  chandelier  ;  that  the  boy  who  was  ordered  by  one  of  the  islayers 
to  raise  it  stated  that  if  he  did  so  the  scenery  would  take  fire, 
when  he  was  commanded  in  a  peremptory  manner  to  hoist  it. 
The  boy  obeyed,  and  the  fire  was  instantly  communicated  to  the 
scenery.  He  gave  the  alarm  in  the  rear  of  the  stage,  and  requested 
some  of  the  attendants  to  cut  the  cords  by  which  these  com- 
bustible materials  were  suspended.  The  person  whose  duty  it 
was   to  perform  this  business  became   panic-struck,  and  sought 


Monumental  Church.         *  5 

^'  Whereas,  tlie  fire  wliicli  took  place  in  the  Theatre 
on  tlie  twenty-sixth  instant,  has  brought  npon  our 
city  a  cahimity  unknown  in  the  annals  of  our  country, 
from  a  similar  cause  depriving  society  of  many  of  its 

his  own  safety.  This  unfortunately  happened  at  a  time  when  one 
of  the  performers  was  playing  near  the  orchestra,  and  the  greatest 
part  of  the  stage,  with  its  horrid  danger,  was  obscured  from  the 
audience  by  a  curtain.  The  iiames  spread  with  almost  the  ra- 
pidity of  lightning ;  and  the  fire  falling  from  the  ceiling  upon 
the  performer  was  the  first  notice  which  the  people  had  of  their 
danger.  Even  then  many  supposed  it  to  be  a  part  of  the  play, 
and  were  for  a  little  while  restrained  from  flight  by  a  cry  from 
the  stage  that  there  was  no  danger.  The  performers  and  their 
attendants  in  vain  endeavored  to  tear  down  the  scenery.  The 
fire  flashed  into  every  part  of  the  house  with  a  rapidity  hon-ible 
and  astonishing ;  and  alas !  gushing  tears  and  unspeakable  an- 
guish deprive  me  of  utterance.  No  tongue  can  tell — no  pen  or 
pencil  can  describe — the  woeful  catastrophe.  No  person,  who  was 
not  present,  can  form  any  idea  of  the  unexampled  scene  of  human 
distress.  The  editor,  having  none  of  his  family  with  him,  and 
being  not  far  from  the  door,  was  among  the  first  who  escaped. 
The  editor  went  to  the  different  windows,  which  were  not  very 
high,  and  implored  his  fellow-creatures  to  save  their  lives  by 
jumping  out  of  them.  Those  nearest  to  the  windows,  ignorant 
of  their  great  danger,  were  afraid  to  leap  down,  while  those  be- 
hind them  were  seen  catching  on  fire,  and  writhing  in  the  greatest 
agonies  of  pain  and  distress.  The  editoi-,  with  the  assistance  of 
others,  caught  several  of  those  whom  he  had  begged  to  leap  from 
the  windows.  One  lady  jumjied  out  when  all  her  clothes  were  on 
fire.  He  tore  them,  burning,  from  her,  stripped  her  of  her  last 
rags,  and  protecting  her  nakedness  with  his  coat,  carried  her  from 
the  fire." 

A  list  of  the  dead  in  the  three  wards  of  the  city  was  accurately 
made  out  the  day  after  the  fire,  and  the  names  are  upon  the  mon- 
ument now  standing  in  the  front  poi-tico  of  the  church,  and  they 
accord  witli  those  published  in  the  Virginia  Argus  of  the  30th 
December,  1811.  G.  D.  F. 


6  HlSTOKY  OF  THE 

most  esteemed  and  valuable  members,  and  inflict- 
ing upon  its  survivors  pangs  the  most  poignant  and 
afflicting  ;  and  the  Common  Hall,  participating  in 
those  feelings,  and  being  desirous  of  manifesting  their 
respect  for  the  remains  which  Ivive  been  preserved 
from  the  conflagration,  and  to  sooth  and  allay  a& 
much  as  in  them  lies  the  grief  of  the  friends  and  re- 
lations of  the  deceased  : 

•'  1 .  Be  it  therefore  ordained  by  the  President  and 
Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  in  Com- 
mon Hall  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  ordained  by 
the  authority  of  the  same,  that  Dr.  Adams,  Mr.  Wm. 
Hay,  Mr.  Ralston,  and  Mr,  Gamble  l>e,  and  they 
are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  cause  to  be 
collected  and  deposited  in  such  urns,  coflins,  or  othei- 
suitable  enclosures  as  they  may  approve,  all  the  re- 
mains of  persons  wjio  have  suffered,  which  shall  not 
be  claimed  by  the  relatives,  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
removed  to  tlie  public  burying  ground,  with  all  pro- 
per respect  and  solemnity,  giving  to  the  citizens  of 
Richmond  and  town  of  Manchester  notice  of  the  time 
of  such  interment,  and  providing  the  necessary  re- 
freshments ;  and  they  shall  have  further  autliority  to 
cause  to  be  erected  over  such  remains  such  tomb  or 
tombs  as  they  may  approve,  with  such  inscriptions 
as  to  them  may  appear  best  calculated  to  record  the 
melancholy  and  afflicting  event. 

"  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  by  the  authority  of 
the  same,  tliat  the  constable  of  the  city  be  authorized 
to  communicate  to  the  citizens,  that  it  is  earnestly  re- 
commended that  they  will  abstain  from  all  business. 


Monumental  Church.  7 

keeping  their  shops,  stores,  counting  houses,  and 
offices  shut  for  forty-eight  hours  from  the  passing  of 
this  ordinance. 

"3.  And  be  it  furtlier  ordained,,  that  no  person  or 
persons  shall  be  permitted  for  and  during  the  terua 
of  four  months  from  the  passage  hereof  to  exhibit 
any  public  show  or  spectacle,  or  open  any  public 
dancing  assembly  within  the  city,  under  the  penalty 
of  six  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents  for  every  hour  the 
same  shall  be  exhibited. 

"  4.  The  commissioners  appointed  by  this  ordinance 
shall  have  authority  to  draw  upon  the  Chamberlain 
for  the  amount  of  any  expenses  by  them  incurred  in 
executing  the  same. 

"Passed  at  eleven  o'clock,  on  Friday,  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
eleven,  at  a  called  meeting  of  the  Common  Council 
for  the  city  of  Richmond,  held  at  the  capitol  in  the 
said  city. 

"In  testimony  whereof,  the  president  hath  caused 
the  seal  of  the  said  city  to  be  hereto  affixed,  and 
hath  subscribed  the  same  with  his  name. 

Wm.  C.  Williams, 

(Seal  of  the  city.)  President.''^ 

At  a  very  numerous  meeting  of  the  citizens  of 
Kichmond  and  Manchester,  and  others,  convened  at 
the  capitol,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day,  the- 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted : 

"This  city  having  been  visited  by  a  calamity  the.- 


8  History  of  the 

most  distressing  with  which  society  can  be  afflicted, 
which  has  deprived  us  of  many  of  onr  most  vahiable 
citizens,  pervaded  every  family,  and  rendered  our 
Avhole  town  one  deep  and  gloomy  scene  of  woe,  the 
extent  of  which  at  this  time  cannot  be  ascertained  : 

''^Resolved  therefore,  Tiiat  tliree  proper  persons  in 
each  ward  be  appointed  to  go  around  and  procure 
the  most  actcurate  information  of  the  names  and  num- 
bers of  each  of  our  citizens  and  others  who  have  fallen 
a  sacrifice  to  the  l)urning  of  tlie  Theatre  last  even- 
ing, and  that  some  })ersons  in  Manchester  l)e  requested 
to  perform  the  same  service  in  that  town,  and  that 
they  make  report  thereof  to  the  mayor. 

"And  the  following  persons  were  appointed,  viz : 
In  Jefferson  Ward,  Wm.  Rowlctt,  Joseph  A.  Myers, 
and  Samuel  Pleasants  ;  in  Madison  Ward,  Jedediah 
Allen,  Ro.  McKim,  and  Ro.  Pollard  ;  in  Monroe 
AVard,  Thos.  Taylor,  Anderson  Barrett,  and  Thos. 
Rutherford.  And  in  Manchester,  Wm.  Fen  wick, 
Mr.  Clarke,  and  Mr.  Alex.  P'reeland. 

'•' Besolved^  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  citizens 
'of  Richmond  to  observe  Wednesday  next  as  a  day  of 
humiliation  and  prayer,  in  consequence  of  the  late 
melancholy  event,  and  to  suspend  on  that  day  their 
usual  oc('upations. 

^''Resolved.  That  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
Common  Hall  to  colle(;t  the  remains  of  the  deceased, 
be  also  requested  to  regulate  the  time  and  order  of 
the  funeral  procession ; 

'■^ Resolved^  That  the  members  of  the  Legislature, 
the   Executive,  and    the   judiciary  branches,  be  re- 


Monumental  Church.  9 

spectfnll}'  requested  to  attend   on   this  melancholy 
occasion ; 

"  Resolved^  That  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jolin  Bnclianan  and 
the  E,ev.  Mr.  Jolui  D.  Bhiir,  be  requested  to  prepare 
a  funeral  sermon  for  the  occasion,  to  be  delivered  by 
one  of  them  on  Wednesday  next,  in  the  Cliurch  on 
Riclimond  Hill ; 

'■'-  Bewlved,  That  the  citizens  of  Richmond  be  re- 
quested to  wear  crape  for  one  month,  in  token  of  the 
deep  sense  universally  entertained  of  this  severe 
visitation; 

'■''Resolved^  That  the  iidiabitants  of  this  city  and 
town  of  Manchester,  be  respectfully  requested,  and 
such  strangers  as  may  wish  to  join  in  this  raelanclioly 
occasion,  be  most  clieerfully  permitted  to  contribute 
towards  the  monument  to  be  erected  over  tlie  re- 
mains of  the  deceased,  in  aid  of  tlie  public  funds  to 
be  contributed  by  this  corporation ; 

^"Resolved,  That  a  committee,  consisting  of  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen,  viz:  Gen.  John  Marshall,  Thos. 
Taylor,  Joseph  Marx,  Wm.  Fenwick,  and  Benjamin 
Hatcher,  be  appointed  to  receive  contributions,  and 
to  make  such  arrangements  in  concert  witli  a  com- 
mittee from  the  Common  Hall  as  may  l)e  necessary 
for  erecting  tlie  monument  designated  by  an  ordi- 
nance passed  this  day; 

'■''Resolved^  That  altliough  this  meeting  have  no 
reasons  whatever  to  believe  that  this  melancholy 
<-,atastrophe  has  been  produced  by  design,  a  com- 
nuttee,  consisting  of  Thomas  Ritchie,  Wra.  Marshall, 
and  Sanmel  G.  Adams,  be  appointed  to  enquire  into 


10  History  of  the 

its  causes,  for  the  purpose  of  submitting  this  state- 
ment for  the  information  of  the  world.  And  then 
the  meeting  adjourned. 

Benjamin  Tate,  MayorP 
In  the  House  of  Delegates,  on  the  same  daj,  Mr. 
John  G,  Jackson,  who  had  himself  narrowly  escaped 
from  the  conflagration,  offered  the  following  resolu- 
tion: 
^  '"'•Resolved,  Unanimously,  that  the  members  of  this 
house  will  wear  crape  on  the  left  arm  for  the  space 
of  thirty  days,  in  testimony  of  their  regard  for  the 
memories  of  George  Wm.  Smith,  Governor  of  this 
Commonwealth,  and  the  other  distinguished  and  re- 
spectable persons  who  fell  victims  to  the  dreadful 
conflagration  in  tliis  city  last  night.  Which  having 
been  adopted, 

"  On  motion  of  Mr.  Chas.  Fen  ton  Mercer,  the  house 
immediately  adjourned."    ^r 

On  Saturday,  the  28th  December,  the  Executive 
Council  of  the  State,  Mr.  Peyton  Randolph  being 
the  senior  member,  and  as  such,  acting  Gov^ernor,. 
unanimously  adopted  the  following  resolutions,  to- 
wit: 

''^Resolved,,  That  in  testimony  of  the  profound  sor- 
row which,  as  individuals  and  members  of  this  body, 
we  feel  for  the  loss  of  our  much  esteemed  friend  and 
fellow^  citizen,  George  William  Smitli,  late  Gover- 
nor of  this  Commonwealth,  and  which,  in  common 
with  the  atflicted  people  of  this  city,  we  feel  for  the 
loss  of  those  other  worthy  and  meritorious  citizens. 


Monumental  Church.  11 

who  fell  a  sacrifice  to  the  flames  in  the  late  confla- 
gration of  the  Theatre ;  and  that  as  a  tribute  of 
the  very  high  respect  which  we  entertain  for  his 
and  their  memor}^  we  will,  for  the  space  of  thirty 
days,  wear  crape  on  our  left  arm ; 

'■^  Resolved^  also.  That  agreeably  to  an  arrangement 
proposed  by  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Com- 
mon Hall  of  this  city,  to  superintend  the  interment 
of  such  of  the  remains  of  the  unfortunate  sufferers 
as  have  been  saved,  we  will  join  the  funeral  proces-^ 
sion/'    -^ 

On  the  same  day,  the  Common  Council,  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  Wm.  Marshall,  (a  brother  of  the  Chief 
Justice),  adopted  an  amended  ordinance,  in  these 
words : 

"Whereas,  it  is  represented  to  the  President  and 
Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  in  Com- 
mon Hall  assembled,  that  the  remains  of  their  un- 
fortunate fellow-citizens  who  perished  in  the  confla- 
gration of  the  Theatre,  on  the  night  of  the  twenty- 
sixth  instant,  cannot  with  convenience  be  removed 
from  the  spot  on  which  they  were  found,  and  some- 
of  them  were  so  far  consumed  as  to  fall  to  ashes,  and 
that  it  would  be  more  satisfactory  to  their  relations- 
that  they  should  be  interred  on  the  spot  where  thej 
perished,  and  that  the  site  of  the  Theatre  should  be 
consecrated  as  tlie  sacred  deposit  of  their  bones  and 
ashes : 

"  1 .  Be  it  therefore  ordained  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  the  committee  appointed  by  the  ordinance^ 


3.2  History  of  the 

entitled  '  an  ordinance  concerning  the  conflagration 
of  the  Theatre  in  the  city  of  Ilichmond,'  instead  of 
burying  ihe  remains  of  our  fellow-citizens  in  the 
public  burying  ground,  shall  cause  them  to  be  in- 
terred within  the  area  formerly  included  in  the  walls 
of  the  Theatre;  and  tlie  said  committee  is  hereby 
autlioi'ized  and  empowered  to  purchase  of  the  pro- 
prietors thereof,  as  soon  as  may  be  possible,  all  the 
ground  included  within  su(;h  walls. 

"2.  And  l)e  it  further  ordained,  that  in  addition  to 
the  duty  imposed  upon  that  committee  by  the  before 
recited  ordinance,  they  be  requested  to  enclose  with 
.suitable  walls  of  brick,  of  the  height  of  five  feet  at 
■the  least,  tlie  wliole  of  the  ground  formerly  covered 
by  the  said  Theatre ;  and  that  the  Common  Hall  of  the 
•city  of  Richmond  hold  the  funds  of  the  city  pledged 
to  defray  the  expenses  of  purchasing  the  said  area,  and 
•of  the  enclosure  thereof,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money 
in  the  hands  of  the  Chambei'lain  at  the  time  the 
said  enclosure  shall  l)e  erected  by  tlie  said  committee, 
and  to  l)e  paid  by  him  to  their  draft  or  drafts. 

"3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  the  pass- 
ing thereof. 

"  Passed  at  a  called  meeting  of  the  Common  Coun- 
•cil  for  the  city  of  Ilichmond,  held  at  the  Washington 
Tavern,  in  the  said  city,  on  Saturda}^  the  twenty- 
eiglith  day  of  December,  one  thousand,  eight  hun- 
dred and  eleven.  In  testimony  whereof,  the  presi- 
dent hath  caused  the  seal  of  tlie  said  city  to  be  hereto 
-affixed,  and  hath  subscribed  the  same  with  his  name. 

Wm.    C,   WlLLI^lMS, 

(Seal  of  tlie  city.)  President.'''' 


Monumental  Church.  13^ 

INTERMENT  OF  THE  DEAD. 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer  of  31st  December^ 
1811: 

"The  arrangements  for  tliis  melancholy  occasion 
conld  not  be  completed  before  Sunda}^,  and  the  place 
of  interment  had  been  changed  from  the  church  (St.. 
John's,  on  Riclimond  Hill,)  to  the  area  where  the 
Tlieatre  stood,  that  fatal  and  devoted  spot ;  the  fun- 
eral procession  did  not  move,  as  was  originally  con- 
templated .by  the  committee,  from  the  Baptist  meet- 
ing-house, near  the  Theatre,  where  the  relics  lay,  to 
the  church  where  the  interment  was  intended  to  be 
made. 

"The  mournful  procession  began  at  Mr.  Edward 
Trent's,  on  Main  street,  where  the  remains  of  the 
unfortunate  Mrs'.  Patterson  lay. 

"  In  front,  the  Corpse,  then  tlie  Clergy,  Ladies  in 
Carriages,  the  Executive  Council,  Directors  of  the 
Bank,  Members  of  the  Legislature,  the  Court  o±" 
Hustings,  Common  Hall,  Citizens  on  foot  and  on 
horseback. 

"Why  paint  the  length  and  solemnity  of  the  line  I 

"They  moved  up  Main  street  until  they  struck  the 
cross  street  leading  to  the  bank ;  here  they  were 
joined  by  the  corpse  of  poor  Juliana  Harvie,  who 
expired  at  her  brother-in-law's,  tlie  cashier  of  the 
bank.  Tliey  moved  up  tlie  Capitol  Hill,  and  at  the 
capitol  were  joined  by  the  bearers  of  two  large  ma- 
hogany boxes,  in  which  were  enclosed  the  aslies  and 
relics  of  the  deceased.  The  mournful  procession  then 
moved  to  the  devoted  spot,  and  in  tlie  centre  of  the 


14  History  of  the 

urea  wliere  once  stood  the  pit,  these  precious  relics 
were  buried  in  one  common  grave.  The  service  for 
the  dead  was  read  bj  the  Rev.  Mr.  Buchanan.  The 
whole  scene  defies  description — a  whole  city  bathed 
in  tears  !  How  awful  the  transition  on  this  devoted 
spot !  A  few  dajs  since  it  was  the  theatre  of  joy 
and  merriment,  animated  by  tJie  sounds  of  music 
and  tlie  hum  of  a  delighted  multitude.  It  is  now  a 
funeral  pyre !  the  receptacle  of  the  relics  of  our 
friends ;  and  in  a  short  time  a  monument  will  stand 
upon  it,  to  point  out  where  their  ashes  lay." 

When  intelligence  of  this  public  calamity  reached 
Washington,  Mr.  Stephen  R.  Bradle}-,  one  of  the 
senators  from  Vermont,  offered  in  the  Senate  of  the 
United  States,  a  resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
agreed  to,  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  tlie  members  of  this  house  will 
wear  crape  on  the  left  arm  for  one  month,  in  testi- 
mony of  the  condolence  and  sorrow  of  the  senate, 
for  the  calamitious  event  by  which  the  chief  magis- 
trate of  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  so  many  of  her 
citizens,  perished  by  fire,  in  the  city  of  Richmond, 
on  the  night  of  tlie  26th  of  the  present  month." 

And  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  nearly 
similar  resolution  Mas  adopted,  on  the  motion  of 
Mr.' John  Dawson,  one  of  the  representatives  from 
Virginia. 

Mr.  Wm.  B.  Giles,  one  of  the  senators  from  Vir- 
ginia, while  detained  from  his  place  in  the  senate 
by  the  illness  of  his  wife,  prepared  an  eloquent  and 


Monumental  Church.  15 

impressive  paper,  to  be  delivered  in  the  senate;  but 
the  resohition  of  the  senate,  above  copied,  having 
been  in  the  meantime  adopted,  his  paper  was  not 
offered.  It  was,  however,  published  in  the  Richmond 
Enquirer,  and  concludes  with  the  following  resolu- 
tion : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Senate  of  the  United  States 
has  received  with  the  deepest  emotions  of  sorrow 
and  regret,  infoimation  that  a  great  and  signal 
calamity  has  befallen  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  the 
-city  of  Richmond,  in  the  destruction  of  the  Theatre 
of  that  city  by  fire,  on  the  niglit  of  the  26th  of  tlie 
present  month,  whereby  the  lives  of  many  valuable 
and  distinguished  citizens  have  been  lost,  and  among 
them,  George  W.  Smith,  the  Chief  Magistrate  of 
Yirginia,  and  Abraham  B.  Venable,  President  of 
the  Bank  of  Yirginia;  and  in  testimony  of  these 
afflicting  and  sorrowful  feelings,  and  of  sincere  con- 
dolence for  all  those  who  are  the  more  immediate 
objects  of  this  severe  calamity,  the  members  of  the 
senate  will  wear  crape  on  the  left  arm  for  one 
month." 

Resolutions  of  condolence,  sympathy  and  respect, 
were  adopted  in  nj any  places;  particularly  by  the 
Mayor,  Recorder,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council 
of  the  Borough  of  , Norfolk;  the  citizens  of  Fal- 
mouth ;  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Fredericks- 
burg, of  Smithfield,  and  its  vicinity,  and  of  Win- 
chester; the  Common  Council  of  Alexandria;  the 
citizens  of  Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  and  the  judges 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  North  Carolina ;  the  City 


16  History  of  the 

Conncil  of  Savannah,  Georgia;  the  City  Council  of 
Charleston,  Soutli  Carolina;  the  midshipmen  at  the 
Washington  Navy  Yard;  upwards  of  one  hundred 
natives  of  Virginia,  composing  a  part  of  the  medical 
class  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  upwards  of 
five  hundred  of  the  young  men  of  Philadelphia;  a 
number  of  the  young  gentlemen  of  New  York;  the 
Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts ;; 
the  young  gentlemen  of  Boston;  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

In  most  of  these  cases,  a  day  of  humiliation  and 
prayer  was  appointed,  and  some  minister  of  the 
gospel  requested  to  preach  an  appropriate  sermon  ;: 
in  several  cases  committees  were  appointed  to  re- 
ceive contributions  towards  erecting  the  monument 
in  Richmond,  proposed  by  tlie  Common  Council ;: 
in  others,  it  was  recommended  to  tlie  people  tO' 
abstain  from  all  dancing  assemblies,  and  other  pub- 
lic amusements,  for  a  certain  length  of  time. 

The  Alexandria  dancing  assemblies  were  post- 
poned for  one  month,  in  consequence  of  this  tragical 
and  melancholy  event. 

The  Masonic  Lodge  of  Petersburg  gave  notice' 
that  a  Masonic  Ball,  to  wliich  the  ladies  of  that  town 
and  vicinity  had  been  invited,  would  not  take  place;, 
and  the  Richmond  Republicf>,n  Blues,  more  than  a 
month  afterwards,  declined  to  celebrate  the  approach- 
ing 22nd  of  Febraary,  according  to  their  custom,  or 
to  join  in  any  rejoicing  on  that  day,  through  sympa- 
thy with  the  calamity  which  had  befallen  their  friends- 
and  fellow-citizens. 


Monumental  Church.  IT 

The  proprietors  a!id  managers  of  tlieatres,  and  the 
corporate  authorities  in  sev^eral  cities,  announced 
new  regulations  adopted  by  tliem  in  respect  to  thea- 
trical exhibitions,  especially  looking  to  the  provision 
of  an  increased  number  of  doors  and  other  avenues 
of  escape  in  case  of  any  alarm. 

Odes  and  elegiac  stanzas,  to  the  memory  of  the 
unfortunate  sufferers  ;  separate  tributes  to  the  me- 
mory of  the  young,  the  beautiful,  the  gifted,  the 
brave  who  perished  ;  appropriate  notices  of  the 
many  splendid  instances  of  disinterestedness  and 
heroism  exhibited  on  the  occasion  of  the  fire,  which 
excited  the  public  admiration  and  applause ;  essays 
on  the  nature  and  effects  of  the  stage,  (one  of  which 
was  by  the  celebrated  Doctor  Witherspoon,  of  Phil- 
adelphia,) appeared  either  in  the  papers  or  periodi- 
cals of  the  day,  or  in  pamplilet  form. 

Among  the  sermons  was  one  published  entitled' 
"A  sermon  delivered  January  19,  1812,  at  the  re- 
quest of  a  number  of  young  gentlemen  of  the  city 
of  New  York,"  who  had  assembled  to  express  their 
condolence  with  the  inhabitants  of  Richmond  on  the 
late  mournful  dispensation  of  Providence  in  that 
city,  by  Samuel  Miller,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York,  which  attained 
a  good  deal  of  celebrity,  being  an  able  discourse, 
after  the  model  of  Archbishop  Tillottson's  on  the 
sin  and  offence  of  attending  theatrical  amusements. 

In  Norfolk  an  "invitation"  was  addressed  to  all 
the  citizens  of  Norfolk  and  others,  to  assist,  on 
Thursday,  the  9th  instant,  at  10  o'clock  in  tlie  fore- 

2 


18  History  of  the 

noon,  to  tlie  service  that  will  be  performed  at  the 
Roman  Church,  for  the  souls  that  were  victims  to 
the  fire  at  the  Richmond  Theatre. 

These  proceedings  show  to  how  considerable  an  ex- 
tent the  whole  country  was  affected  by  this  awful 
dispensation  of  Divine  Providence.  In  Richmond 
it  gave  rise  to  the  suggestion  that  besides  the  monu- 
ment proposed  by  the  Common  Council,  there 
should  be  erected  by  public  subscription,  on  the  ruins 
of  the  Theatre,  an  edifice  to  be  set  apart  and  conse- 
crated for  the  worship  of  God. 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer: 

"Richmond,  ^th  January,  1812. 
"At  a  meeting  of  the  'Association  for  building  a 
church  on  Shockoe  Hill,' — 

^'■Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  re- 
ceive subscriptions  for  any  number  of  shares  that 
shall  be  applied  for,  until  the  aggregate  number  shall 
be  three  hundred. 

Extract.  "  C.  J.  Macmukdo, 

Treasurer.^'' 

"  We,  the  subscribers,  the  committee  appointed  at 
a  general  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Richmond  and 
Manchester  to  receive  contributions  for  the  purpose 
of  erecting  a  monument  sacred  to  the  memory  of 
those  who  perished  in  the  late  conflagration  in  this 
city,  believing  that  by  avoiding  every  personal  appli- 
cation we  shall  perform  the  task  assigned  to  us  in  a 
manner  most  grateful  to  the  feelings  of  the  afflicted 


Monumental  Church.  19 

relatives  of  the  deceased,  who  can  yield  only  to  the 
earnest  wishes  of  their  fellow-citizens,  voluntarily 
expressed,  the  sad  privilege  of  being  the  sole  con- 
tributors to  an  object  so  dear  to  them,  have  requested 
Mr.  William  Dandridge,  Cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  receive  the  subscriptions  of  all  those  who 
are  desirous  of  contributing  on  this  melanclioly  oc- 
casion, and  will  call  at  the  bank  for  that  purpose. 

John  Marshall, 
Joseph  Maex, 
Benjamin  Hatcher, 
William  Fenwick, 
January  13,  1812.  Thomas  Taylor." 

"The  Monument. 
"As  the  size  and  form  of  the  monument  to  be 
erected  over  the  remains  of  the  victims  to  the  confla- 
gration of  the  theatre,  lately  consumed  in  this  city,  will 
depend  on  the  sum  subscribed  for  that  purpose,  and 
as  it  must  be  extremely  desirable  that  arrangements 
should  be  promptly  made  for  commencing  the  work, 
it  will  be  necessary  soon  to  close  the  subscription. 
The  committee  therefore  earnestly  request  those 
gentlemen  whose  feelings  impel  them  to  give  this 
mark  of  their  regard  for  the  memories  of  the  de- 
ceased not  to  defer  their  contributions,  as  the  sub- 
scriptions will  close  on  the  first  day  of  March  next. 

John  Marshall, 
Joseph  Marx, 
William  Fenwick, 
Benjamin  Hatcher, 
ternary  4,  1812.  Thomas  Taylor." 


20  History  of  the 

City  of  Kichmond  in  Common  Council. 

February  17,  1812. 

Tlie  following  report  was  made  to  the  Common 
Hall  this  day,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  bring 
in  an  ordinance  in  pursuance  thereof: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
"Association  for  erecting  a  Church  on  Shockoe  Hill" 
in  the  city  of  Richmond,  with  the  committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  Common  Hall  for  superintending 
the  erection  of  a  monument  on  the  site  of  the  late 
Theatre, — present:  James  Smith,  Gabriel  Ralston, 
William  Hay,  Jr.,  and  John  Adams.  The  follow- 
ing: resolution  from  the  church  association  was  sub- 
mitted  for  consideration,  viz  : 

'"'•  Resolved^  That  the  committee  appointed  in  pur- 
suance of  the  fourth  article,  be  authorized  to  unite 
with  the  committee  of  the  Common  Hall,  in  pur- 
chasing the  whole  of  the  said  ground,  (meaning  the 
whole  lot  on  which  the  Theatre  stood,)  and  arrange 
with  the  said  committee,  the  most  eligible  plan  on 
which  to  appropriate  the  ground  so  to  be  purchased 
to  the  joint  purpose  of  erecting  thereon  both  the. 
monument  and  the  church. 

"It  is  proposed  and  approved  by  the  members  of 
botli  the  above  committees,  that  forty  feet  square 
fronting  on  H  street,  and  in  the  centre  of  the 
Theatre  lot  on  that  front,  be  reserved  for  the  monu- 
ment, to  be  enclosed  by  and  under  the  direction  of 
the  committee  of  the  Common  Hall,  and  that  the  re- 
mainder of  the  ground  be  appropriated  to  the  erec- 
tion of  a  church,  under  the  direction  and  control  of 


Monumental  Church.  21 

the  committee  or  agents  of  the  above  mentioned 
association;  and  so  much  of  said  lot  as  may  not  be 
covered  by  such  church  and  its  appendages,  to  be 
enclosed  with  bricks,  stone  or  iron,  at  the  expense 
of  the  aforesaid  association,  and  the  whole  to  be,  by 
said  association  and  their  successors  for  ever,  kept 
and  applied  to  sole  purposes  of  Divine  worship. 

"It  is  further  proposed  and  approved  as  aforesaid, 
that  the  committee  of  tlie  Common  Hall,  shall  pur- 
chase the  whole  ground,  one-third  of  the  expense  of 
which  purchase  to  be  paid  by  the  Common  Hall,  the 
other  two-thirds  by  the  church  association. 

"As  it  is  understood  that  the  powers  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Common  Hall  will  not  permit  tliem 
absolutely  to  ratify  and  confirm  the  above  stipula- 
tions, the  members  of  that  comuiittee  pledge  them- 
selves to  use  their  best  endeavors  to  procure  the 
passage  of  an  ordinance  by  the  Common  Hall, 
authorizing  them  to  carry  the  same  into  complete 
effect. 

James  Smith, 
Gabriel  Ralston, 
Wm.  Hat,  Jr., 
John  Adams," 

City  of  Richmond,  in  Common  Council,  March  7, 
1812.  The  following  report  was  this  day  made  to 
the  Hall,  and  substituted  for  the  one  formerly  made 
on  the  same  subject:  At  a  meeting  of  the  committee 
appointed  by  the  "  Association  for  building  a  church 
on  Shockoe   Hill,"  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  with 


22  History  of  the 

the  committee  appointed  bj  the  Common  Hall  of 
the  said  city  for  superintending  the  erection  of  a 
monument  on  the  site  of  the  late  Theatre,  held  on 
5  th  of  March,  1812, — present:  James  Smith,  Michael 
"W.  Hancock,  Gabriel  Ralston,  John  Adams,  and 
Jno.  G.  Gamble. 

The  following  resolution  from  the  church  associa- 
tion was  submitted  for  consideration,  viz : 

'■'■Resolved,  That  the  committee  appointed  in  pur- 
suance of  the  4th  Article  be  authorized  to  unite  with 
the  committee  of  the  Common  Hall  in  purchasing 
the  whole  of  said  ground,  (meaning  the  whole  lot 
whereon  the  Theatre  lately  stood),  and  arrange  with 
the  said  committee  the  most  elegible  plan  on  which  to 
appropriate  the  ground  so  to  be  purchased,  to  the 
joint  purpose  of  erecting  thereon  both  the  monu- 
ment and  the  church." 

"  It  is  proposed  and  approved  by  the  members  of 
both  of  the  above  committees,  that  the  monument 
and  church  shall  be  compreliended  in  one  building, 
the  plan  of  which  building  to  be  approved  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  joint  committee,  associated  with  any 
three  of  the  relatives  of  the  deceased  Who  may  be  by 
such  relatives  deputed  so  to  act. 

"It  is  further  proposed  and  approved,  that  an  ag- 
gregate fund,  made  up  of  all  sums  of  money  which 
have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  subscribed  by  indi- 
viduals for  the  purposes  of  the  monument,  of  any 
sum  which  may  be  authorized  by  the  Common  Hall 
to  be  expended  for  this  object,  and  of  all  sums  which 
now  are,  or  may  hereafter  belong,  to  the  'Association 


'  Monumental  Church.  23 

for  building  the  church,'  out  of  which  aggregate 
fund  the  committee  of  the  Common  Hall  shall  pur- 
chase the  whole  of  the  ground,  and  the  i-emaining 
sum  shall  be  applied  to  the  building  of  the  church 
and  monument,  and  their  appendages,  under  the  di- 
rection and  control  of  tlie  three  before  mentioned 
committee. 

"It  is  distinctly  understood  that  nothing  herein  con- 
tained shall  impair  the  right  of  the  subscribers  to  the 
'  Church  Association '  to  any  benefits  or  immunities 
which,  by  their  original  constitution,  and  their  sub- 
sequent proceedings  thereon,  were  contemplated,  but 
that  all  management  or  control  over  such  building 
shall  exclusively  pertain  and  belong  to  such  associa- 
tion, to  be  for  ever  devoted  to  the  sacred  purposes  of 
Divine  worship,  so  soon  as  such  building  shall  be 
completed. 

"It  is  further  understood,  that  the  powers  of  the 
committee  of  the  Common  Hall  will  not  permit  the 
committee  absolutely  to  ratify  and  confirm  the  above 
stipulations,  but  the  members  of  the  committee 
pledge  themselves  to  use  their  best  endeavours  to 
procure  the  passage  of  an  ordinance  by  the  Common 
Hall  authorizing  them  to  carry  the  same  into  com- 
plete effect, 

James  Smith, 
Michael  W.  Hancock,. 
John  Adams, 
Gabriel  Ralston, 
John  G.  Gamble." 


24  History  of  the 

"An  Ordinance, 
To  amend  the  several  ordinances  concerning  tlie  con- 
flagration of  tlie  Theatre  in  the  citv  of  Richmond : 

"Whereas,  It  has  been  represented  to  this  Hall  by 
the  committee  appointed  to  superintend  the  erection 
of  a  monument  on  the  site  of  the  late  Theatre,  that 
an  arrangement,  pleasing  to  them  and  conducive  to 
the  object  contemplated  by  the  Hall,  may  be  made 
with  tlie  '  Association  for  building  a  church  on 
Shockoe  Hill '  in  this  city,  whereby,  it  is  proposed 
to  unite  all  sums  of  money  which  were  intended  to 
be  applied  to  the  erection  of  a  monument  with  the 
funds  of  the  aforesaid  Association,  which  aggregate 
.sum  shall  be  applied  to  the  purpose  of  purchasing 
the  whole  lot  of  ground  whereon  the  Theatre  lately 
stood,  and  of  erecting  thereon  a  inonmental  church, 
under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  persons  who 
have  been  made  known  to  this  Hall  as  being  accept- 
-able  to  all  the  parties; 

"  1.  Be  it  therefore  ordained,  by  the  president  and 
'Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  in  Com- 
mon Hall  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  ordained  by 
tautliority  of  the  same,  that  Dr.  John  Brockenbrough, 
Michael  W.  Hancock,  and  John  G.  Gamble,  be,  and 
they,  or  a  majority  of  them,  are  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  draw  upon  the  Chamberlain  of 
this  city  for  a  sura  or  sums  not  exceeding  hve  thou- 
sand dollars,  and  the  Chamberlain  is  hereby  required 
to  pay  the  same  out  of  any  funds  in  his  hands  at  the 
time  such  drafts  shall  be  presented  which  have  not 
otherwise  been  appropriated. 


Monumental  Church.  25 

"  2.  The  aforesaid  sum,  when  united  with  all  sums 
which  liave  been  or  may  liei-eafter  be  subscribed  for 
the  purpose  of  erecting  a  monument  on  the  site  of 
the  late  Theatre,  together  with  the  funds  of  the  'As- 
sociation tor  building  a  church  on  Shockoe  Hill,' 
shall,  by  the  aforesaid  commissioners,  be  applied  first 
to  the  purchase  of  so  much  of  the  theatre  lot,  or  any 
of  the  adjoining  lots  as  to  them  may  seem  necessary, 
and  secondly  to  the  erection  on  said  ground  of  such 
building  or  edifice  as  may  in  their  opinion  be  best 
calculated  to  commemorate  the  melancholy  and  ever- 
to-be-lamented  event  which  occurred  thereon  on  the 
twenty-sixth  day  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
■eleven. 

""  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  that  wdien  such 
building  shall  be  completed,  the  commissioners  here- 
inbefore named  sliall  have  full  power,  and  are  hereby 
required,  to  transfer  all  the  ground  purchased  under 
this  ordinance,  together  with  all  the  buildings  which 
ma}'  be  erected  thereon,  to  the  before  named  'Asso- 
ciation for  building  a  church  on  Shockoe  Hill,'  in 
this  city,  to  be  by  them  and  their  successors  for  ever 
kept  sacred  for  the  purposes  of  Divine  worship,  and 
for  no  other  purpose,  subject  alone  to  the  regulations 
which  may  be  formed  and  established  by  such  Asso- 
•ciation  and  their  successors. 

"  4.  All  ordinances  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby 
repealed. 

"  5.  This  ordinance  shall  commence  and  be  in  force 
from  and   after  the  passing  thereof.     Passed  at  a 


26  History  of  the 

called  meeting  of  the  Common  Council  for  the  citj 
of  Riclimond,  held  at  their  public  chamber  in  said 
city,  on  Saturday,  the  seventh  day  of  March,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  twelve. 

"  In  testimony  whereof,  the  president  pro  tern. 
hath  caused  the  seal  of  the  said  city  to  be  hereunto 
affixed,  and  hath  subscribed  the  same  with  his  hand^ 

John  G.  Gamble, 
President^  pro  temP 

(Seal  of  the  city.) 

"  Notice. 

"The  subscribers  to  the  'Association  for  building  a; 
church  on  Shockoe  Hill'  are  required  to  pay  into 
the  hands  of  their  Treasurer,  Mr,  Charles  J.  Mac- 
murdo,  on  or  before  the  twenty-sixth  instant,  twenty- 
five  dollars  on  each  share,  being  the  second  instal- 
ment thereon. 

May  8, 1812.  The  Committee." 

Editorial  frOm  llichmond  Enquirer,  of  the  4t]i  of 
August,  1812: 

"On  Saturday  last  (the  1st  of  August,)  was  laid,, 
on  the  site  of  the  late  Richmond  Theatre,  under  th& 
direction  of  Robert  Mills,  Esq.,  Architect,  the  cor- 
ner stone  of  the  Monumental  Church,  about  to  be 
erected  in  commemoration  of  those  who  perished  on 
the  same  spot,  on  the  26th  December  last." 

Mr.  Mills  was  a  native  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  but 
for  the  last  twenty-five  years  of  his  life  resided  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  where   he  died   on  the   3rd   of 


Monumental  Church.  2T 

March,  1855.  (He  was  the  architect  of  the  City 
Hall,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  and  of  tlie  Post  Office 
building,  the  Treasury  building,  and  the  Patent 
Office,  in  the  city  of  Washington.)  See  the  "  Vir- 
ginia Historical  Register,"  Vol.  VI,  No.  1,  page  39. 

"  The  subscribers  to  the  'Association  for  building  a 
church  on  Shockoe  Hill'  are  requested  to  call  on 
Mr.  Charles  J.  Macinurdo,  Treasurer  for  the  associa- 
tion, and  pay  him  the  sum  of  $25  on  each  share  sub- 
scribed for,  being  the  third  instalment  due  thereon,, 
on  or  before  the  21st  day  of  next  month. 

The  Committee." 

"Delinquents  who  still  owe  for  the  second  instal- 
ment are  reminded  that  the  same  has  been  much  too 
long  due. 

'' September  Ut,  1812." 

"  The  subscribers  to  the  'Association  for  building, 
a  church  on  Shockoe  Hill'  are  requested  to  call  on 
Mr.  C.  J.  Macmurdo,  Treasurer  for  the  association,, 
and  pay  him  the  sum  of  $25  on  each  share  sub- 
scribed for,  being  tlie  fourth  and  last  instalment  due 
thereon,  on  or  before  the  18th  of  next  month. 

The  Committee." 

"Delinquents  are  requested  to  pay  up  immediately^ 
and  those  who  may  find  it  convenient  to  pay  up  in- 
stalments before  they  are  due,  will  add  a  facility  to- 
the  operations  of  the  committee  by  doing  so. 

''September  22,  1812." 


28  History  of  the 

"Monumental  Church  Richmond,  Virginia. 

"The  circumstances  that  have  given  rise  to  the 
name  and  existence  of  this  building  are  but  too  well 
known  to  require  explanation.  The  many  persons 
interested  in  its  execution  induced  Mr.  Mills,  (who 
designed  and  has  the  direction  of  it,)  to  suggest  the 
propriety  of  an  engraving  of  the  building,  with  such 
parts  of  the  city  in  its  vicinity  as  could  correctly  be 
taken  into  the  picture. 

"  Proposals  to  publish  such  an  engraving  are  now 
issued,  and  Mr.  Mills  trusts  tliat  what  he  has  taken 
the  liberty  to  recommend  for  publication  will  meet 
the  approbation  and  support  of  all  interested ;  his 
views  being  to  give  to  bereaved  relatives  and  friends 
an«  opportunity  of  possessing  some  domestic  me- 
mento of  the  respect  and  sympathy  manifested  by 
a  generous  public  for  the  loss  of  so  much  worth, 
talent,  and  beauty.  The  publishers  are  fully  com- 
petent to  do  every  justice  to  the  picture,  so  that  the 
eflect  will  correspond  with  a  drawing  that  is  now  in 
this  city,  and  which,  in  a  few  days,  will  be  placed  for 
public  inspection  in  the  Capitol. 

"The  style  of  the  engraving  will  be  that  termed 
■aquatinted.  The  size  of  the  plate  21-|  inches  hy  37-^ 
inches. 

"P.  S — Separate  from  the  ideas  respecting  the 
building,  the  whole  engraving  will  form  a  handsome 
picture,  capable  of  ornamenting  any  room,  and  as 
rsuch,  it  is  recommended  to  the  patronage  of  the 
public. 

''December  5,  1812." 


Monumental  Chukch.  2& 

"On  the  twentj-sixtli  day  of  December  last,  a 
calamity  occurred  which  spread  desolation  over 
almost  every  family  in  Richmond,  and  it  befits  a 
Christian  people  to  devote  Saturday,  the  twenty- 
sixth  day  of  the  present  month,  to  tlie  service  of 
their  God. 

"'Blessed  are  they  that  mourn,  for  they  shall  be 
comforted.' 

"It  is  recommended  to  the  citizens  to  abstain  from 
their  usual  avocations,  to  suspend  all  servile  labor, 
and  to  pass  the  day  in  humiliation  and  prayer;  and 
it  is  recommended  to  the  pastors  of  the  various  re- 
ligious associations  to  perform  Divine  service  in 
their  respective  places  of  worship.  'Be  ye  ready 
also,  for  the  Son  of  man  cometh  at  an  hour  when 
ye  think  not.' 

''December  19,  1812."  A  Citizen." 

The  sum  of  $5,000,  appropriated  by  the  ordinance 
of  the  7th  March,  1812,  was  paid  b}'^  the  Chamber- 
lain of  the  city,  on  the  31st  of  March,  1814,  and  is 
entered  as  paid  "for  the  purchase  of  the  Theatre 
lot;"  but  the  voucher  for  it  was  destroyed,  as  well 
as  most  of  the  other  papers  in  the  Chamberlain's 
office,  at  the  time  of  the  military  occupation  of 
Richmond  by  the  troops  of  the  United  States,  in 
April,  1865. 

"  Notice. 
"The  sale  of  the  pews  in  the  Monumental  Church 
will  take  place  on  this  day,  at  12  o'clock. 
"  Wednesday,  April  13,  1814." 


30  History  of  the 

"Notice. 

"  The  proprietors  of  pews  in  tlie  Monumental 
Church  are  requested  to  meet  at  the  church,  on 
Saturday  next,  at  12  o'clock,  to  choose  vestrymen 
and  for  otlier  purposes.  Those  who  cannot  attend 
in  person  will  be  pleased  to  appoint  proxies.  De- 
linquent purchasers  must  in  the  meantime  pay  up 
the  first  instalment. 

''Aj^ril  19,  1814." 

"The  undersigned  have  the  pleasure  of  handing 
the  enclosed  to  Mr.  Thos.  Taylor.  Their  own  feel- 
ings corresponding  with  those  expressed  by  the 
vestry  on  the  occasion,  have  nothing  further  to  add, 
but  their  personal  respects  to  Mr.  Taylor. 

Robert  Pollard, 
Robert  Greenhow, 
"May  2,  1814."  Church  Wardens.'' 


"Jiesolved,  That  pew  No.  86,  being  one  of  the  six 
pews  bought  in  by  the  trustees,  as  directed  on  the 
Tth  February  last,  by  the  eleventh  resolution  of  the 
association,  be  appropriated,  subject  to  assessment, 
to  the  use  of  Thomas  Taylor,  and  that  he  be  re- 
quested by  the  wardens  to  accept  of  the  said  pew, 
together  with  the  thanks  of  the  vestry  for  the  pecu- 
niary obligations  conferred  by  him  on  the  church. 

"  Extract  from  the  minutes  of  tiie  vestry  on  the 
25th  April,  1814. 

C.  J.  Macmurdo, 
Clk.  of  Vestri/  Mo.  Church.''^ 


Monumental  Chuech.  31 

"  Notice. 

"Notice  having  been  given,  that  on  Wednesda_y, 
the  fourth  present,  tlie  clerical  and  lay  deputies  of 
the  Frotestant  Episcopal  Church  would  convene  in 
this  city;  by  order  of  the  vestry,  it  is  deemed  neces- 
sary to  apprize  the  citizens  and  pul)lic  at  large,  that 
on  some  day  during  their  sitting.  Divine  service  will 
be  performed  at  the  Monumental  Church,  when  the 
pews  in  the  galleries  will  be  open  for  admission  to 
any  who  may  think  proper  to  attend.  The  town 
bell  will  be  rung  at  the  usual  hour  in  the  morning 
of  the  day  set  apart  for  the  purpose  above  noticed. 

Robert  Pollard, 
Robert  Greenhow, 

"May2,lSU.  Church  Wardens." 

"Notice. 

"Rev.  Mr.  Wilmer  v.'ill  preach  at  the  Monu- 
mental Church  to-day,  at  11  o'clock,  Wednesday, 
May  4,  18U. 

"At  a  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
State  of  Yirginia,  held  at  the  Capitol  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  the  fourth  day  of  May, 
1811,  Dr.  Jno.  Adams,  (one  of  the  lay  deputies  from 
Henrico  Parish,)  presented  a  memorial  from  the 
vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church,  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  praying  the  right  of  representation  in 
this  convention,  which  was  received,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  by  the  secretary;  and  the  same  was  accord- 
ingly read.     And  on  motion  made  and  seconded — 


32  History  of  the 

''''Resolved.,  That  the  prayer  of  the  memorial  of 
the  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church,  in  the  city  of 
Richmond  be  granted,  and  that  the  deputies  ap- 
pointed by  that  vestry  be  invited  to  take  their  seats 
in  the  convention  immediately. 

'"''Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  convention  be 
presented  to  the  Rev.  William  H.  Wilmer,  for  the 
eloquent,  appropriate,  and  impressive  discourse  de- 
livered in  the  Monumental  Church  this  morning. 

"The  Hon.  Jolin  Marshall  and  Dr.  James  Mc- 
Clurg,  appeared  and  presented  their  certificate  of 
appointment  as  lay  deputies  of  the  Monumental 
Church,  (which  was  received)  and  took  their  seats  as 
members  of  the  convention. 

'■'■  Resolved,  That  the  memorial  of  the  vestry  of 
the  Monumental  Church  of  the  city  of  Richmond, 
with  the  regulations  referred  to  therein,  be  referred 
to  the  committee  appointed  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  state  of  the  cliurch. 

"Thursday,  May  5,  1814." 

"The  committee  appointed  to  examine  and  report 
on  the  state  of  the  church,  and  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred so  much  of  the  memorial  of  the  Monumental 
Church  as  prays  for  the  reception  of  that  church 
into  the  general  government  of  this  diocese,  reported 
sundry  resolutions  and  recommendations,  which,, 
after  consideration  and  amendments,  were  adopted 
as  follows: 

'■''Resolved,  That  the  prayer  of  the  memorial  of 
the  Monumental   Church  is  reasonable.       And  the 


Monumental  Church.  33^ 

same  committee  having  reported  a  canon  to  pro- 
vide for  the  reception  of  the  Monumental  Church  as 
a  member  of  the  general  cliiirch  of  the  diocese,  and 
to  provide  for  similar  cases  in  future,  the  same  was 
considered,  and,  after  amendments,  was  adopted  in 
the  words  following,  to  wit: 

"Whereas,  That  canon  of  the  Prostestant  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Virginia,  Mdiich  directs  the  manner 
of  choosing  vestrymen  in  the  several  parishes,  is  not 
applicable  to  the  case  of  churches  built  and  sup- 
ported by  voluntary  associations  of  individuals  with- 
out any  parochial  charge ;  and  it  is  proper  that  those 
who  liold  the  sole  property  of  a  particular  church 
should  provide  for  its  care  and  management:  Be  it 
ordained  that,  in  all  such  cases,  and  particularly  in 
that  of  the  Monumental  Church  of  Richmond,  the 
choice  of  the  vestrymen  shall  be  in  the  pew-holders 
of  sucli  churches,  who,  in  tJie  number  and  time  of 
election  of  their  vestrymen,  may,  until  some  general 
regulation  be  made  on  this  sul)ject,  consult  their  own: 
convenience:  Provided,  that  every  vestryman  here- 
after to  be  elected,  before  he  acts  in  office,  shall  sub- 
scribe in  the  vestry  book  of  his  church,  to  be  con- 
formable to  the  doctrine,  discipline,  and  worship  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  .  and  to  the  orders  and  canons 
of  the  said  church  in  this  State. 

'■'■Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Wm.  Meade  be  re- 
quested to  deliver  a  discourse  in  the  Monumental 
Church  in  this  city,  at  the  hour  of  11  A.  M.,  on  the 
next  Sabbath  day,  appropriate  to  the  occasion  of  ad- 


34:  History  of  the 

mitting  that  church  into  the  general  church  of  this 
diocese. 

"  Hesolved,  That  the  cliurch  wardens  be  directed 
to  give  notice  publicly,  that  the  pews  in  tlie  galleries 
will  remain  open  for  admission  to  all  that  choose  to 
attend  divine  worship  in  the  Monumental  Church  un- 
til further  notice. 

"  By  order  of  the  Vestry, 

''May  5,  1814.  C.  J.  Macmurdo,  Clerkr 

From  the  Yirginia  Patriot  of  Saturday,  May  7, 
1814: 

."  Communication. 
"'Monumental  Church. 

"  On  Wednesday  the  consecration  of  this  church 
took  place. 

"  The  Kev.  Mr.  Buchanan  performed  divine  ser- 
vice, and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilmer  preached  an  appro- 
priate sermon.  It  is  well  known  that  the  church  is 
built  on  the  site  of  the  theatre,  and  over  the  ashes 
of  those  who  were  consumed  on  that  memorable 
conflagration, — characters  the  most  amiable  and 
worthy  that  adorned  societ3^  It  was  heart-rending 
to  those  who  witnessed  the  calamities  of  that  night, 
the  woes  of  wliich  gave  birth  to  the  occasion,  to  see 
the  relatives  of  the  many  victims  who  fell,  as  they 
entered,  express  their  sensibility. 

^' There  were  few  present,  of  a  considerable,  con- 
gregation, who  did  not  call  to  mind  the  endearments 
of  a  lost  relation  or  a  dear  friend. 

An  Episcopalian." 


Monumental  Church.  35 

There  are  of  record  in  the  clerk's  office  of  the 
Hustings  Court  ninety-four  copies  of  the  deeds  for 
pews  sold,  executed  to  the  following  named  parties, 
to-wit : 


Charles  J.  Macniurdo, 

$180, 

PewN. 

3.        3. 

William  Wardlaw, 

210, 

i( 

4. 

George  Hay, 

200, 

a 

5. 

John  Richard, 

350, 

a 

6. 

George  Robertson, 

400, 

iC 

7. 

James  Brown,  Sr., 

465, 

a 

8. 

Dr.  John  Hayes, 

490, 

a 

9. 

Hall  Neilson, 

485, 

a 

10. 

James  Smith, 

420, 

a 

12. 

Robert  Johnston, 

340, 

u 

14. 

George  Pickett, 

360, 

a 

15. 

Robert  Greenhow, 

350, 

u 

16. 

James  Gibbon, 

360, 

a 

17. 

James  McClurg,  M.  D., 

355, 

i( 

18. 

Jno.  Brockenbrough,  M.  D,, 

480, 

a 

19. 

Thomas  Richardson  and 

Robert  Pollard, 

540, 

a 

20. 

John  Preston, 

410, 

a 

21. 

John  Mutter, 

385, 

a 

22. 

John  Marshall, 

390, 

u 

23. 

Joseph  Trent,  M.  D., 

400, 

a 

24. 

William  Marshall, 

420, 

i( 

25. 

Robert  Gordon, 

400, 

a 

26. 

Charles  J.  Macmurdo, 

415, 

ii 

27. 

Charles  Copland, 

420, 

(I 

28. 

William  Mayo, 

400, 

u 

29. 

36  History  of  the 

Richard  Anderson,  380,     Pew  No.     30. 


Philip  Haxall, 

335, 

(( 

31. 

John  H.  Strobia, 

315, 

(. 

32. 

James  Reat, 

320, 

u 

33. 

James  Warrall,  M.  D., 

250, 

ii 

34. 

Edmund  Taylor, 

270, 

ii 

35. 

William  Fen  wick, 

225, 

ii 

36. 

Charles  J.  Macmnrdo, 

95, 

u 

39. 

Same, 

115, 

ii 

40. 

Frederick  Pleasants, 

260, 

ii 

45. 

Leroy  Anderson, 

285, 

ii 

46. 

John  J.  Gamble, 

390, 

ii 

47. 

William  Wirt, 

360, 

ii 

48. 

Daniel  Warwick, 

405, 

ii 

49. 

William  Moncnre, 

330, 

ii 

50. 

George  Fisher, 

305, 

ii 

51. 

John  Ambler, 

360, 

ii 

52. 

James  Fisher, 

330, 

ii 

53. 

William  McKinzee, 

320, 

ii 

54. 

Thomas  Rntherfoord, 

310, 

ii 

55. 

William  Fonshee,  M.  D., 

305, 

ii 

56. 

Edward  W.  Trent, 

410, 

ii 

57. 

Jno.  Brockenbrough,  M,  D., 

210, 

ii 

58. 

Wm.  C.  Williams, 

315, 

ii 

59. 

James  Greenhow, 

240, 

ii 

60. 

Elias  Reed, 

210, 

ii 

61. 

James  Scott, 

205, 

ii 

62. 

John  King, 

210, 

ii 

63. 

Alexander  Sharp, 

180, 

ii 

64. 

Andrew  Smith, 

155, 

ii 

65. 

Daniel  Call, 

170, 

ii 

66. 

Monumental  Church.  37 

Robert  Gordon,  175,     Pew  No.    67. 

John  Grantland,  180,  "  68. 

Charles  J.  Macmnrdo,  180,  "  69. 

Same,  80,  "  70. 

Same,  125,  "  71. 

Richard  Anderson,  175,  "  72. 

John  G.  Blair,  175,  "  73. 

Patrick  Gibson,  205,  "  74. 
Joseph  H.  Mayo  and 

Alexander  Fulton,  265,  ''  75. 

Charles  Ellis,  285,  "  76. 

Philip  Norborne  Mcholas,  340,  "  77. 

Thomas  H.  Drew,  360,  "  78. 

John  Robinson,  385,  "  79. 

John  Allan,  340,  "  80. 

Thomas  Wilson,  310,  "  81. 

David  Bullock,  305,  "  82. 

James  Brown,  Jr.,  325,  "  83. 

Michael  B.  Poitiaux,  295,  "  84. 

John  Tompkins,  315,  "  85. 

Thomas  Taylor,  315,  "  86. 

Carter  B.  Page,  255,  "  87. 

John  Wickham,  375,  "  88. 

Michael  W.  Hancock,  200,  "  89. 

James  Currie,  M.  D.,  225,  "  90. 

Benj.  Watkins  Leigh,  215,  "  91. 

George  Fisher,  200,  "  92. 

Wm.  H.  Hubbard,  195,  "  93. 

Wade  Mosby,  185,  "  94. 

Wm.  H.  Fitzwhylson,  175,  "  41. 

William  Hay,  Jr.,  210,  "  42. 


38 


History  of  the 


Charles  J.  Macmurdo, 

205,     Pew  No.    43. 

Same, 

205, 

44. 

James  Bridges, 

170,           ' 

95. 

Temple  Gwathmey, 

155, 

96. 

Jabez  Parker, 

130, 

97. 

Charles  J.  Macmurdo, 

145, 

98. 

Thomas  Guy, 

180,           ' 

99. 

C.  J.  Macmm-do, 

175,           ' 

'         100. 

The  amount  realized  at  the  public  sale  of  the  pews 
being  twenty-five  thousand  three  hundred  and  forty- 
five  dollars,  exclusive  of  fifteen  hundred  and  five 
dollars  for  ten  pews  bought  in  by  Mr.  Macmurdo 
for  the  trustees. 


PLAN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

The  plan  of  the  Monumental  Church,  copied  at 
page  45,  on  the  record  book,  prepared  by  Col.  Tlios. 
H.  Ellis,  for  the  vestry  of  St.  Paul's  Churcli,  was 
drawn  at  his  request  by  Col.  John  B.  Danforth^ 
(now  deceased,)  on  a  scale  of  16  feet  to  one  inch, 
from  actual  measurements  of  the  building  taken  by 
him  and  Col.  Ellis,  on  the  14th  February,  1868, 
except  that  portion  representing  the  reading  desk 
and  pulpit,  is  drawn  according  to  the  plan  of  original 
construction,  and  not  as  it  now  appears. 

The  measurements  are  as  follows: 

Audience  Room,  70  feet  across,  inside ; 
Main  Walls,  1  foot  9  inches  thick ; 
Nave,  (or  centre  aisle,)  6  feet  2  inches  wide;. 
Transept,  5  feet  1  inch  wide ; 


Monumental  Chukch.  39 

Outer  Aisles,  3  feet  9  inches  wide ; 

Aisles  in  Angles,  3  feet  1  inch  wide  ; 

Front  Porch,  32  feet  square  ; 

Rear  Projection,  (for  spire,)  34  feet  by  25  feet  4|- 
inches ; 

Side,  (staircase)  wings,  inside,  9  feet  3  inches  by 
30  feet ; 

Outside,  12  feet  2^  inches  by  32  feet  5  inches ; 

Porches  to  same,  5  feet  9  inches  by  12  feet. 

The  Monument. 

A  perspective  drawing  of  the  monument  is  also 
represented  on  page  45  of  Col.  Ellis's  interesting 
journal  of  the  church,  copied  by  him  for  the  vestry 
of  St.  Paul's  Church  ;  and  the  plan  and  measure- 
ment of  the  same  w^as  taken  by  himself  and  Col. 
Danforth  at  the  same  time  the  building  was 
measured. 

The  names  inscribed  on  the  monument,  (which  is  of 
white  marble  and  enclosed  by  a  substantial  wrought- 
iron  upright  railing,  in  the  middle  of  the  front  or 
main  porch  to  the  church,)  are  the  following: 

On  the  South  Side  or  Face  of  Monument  : 
Benjamin  Botts,  William  Brown,  George  Dixon, 
Robert  Ferril,  Thomas  Frayser,  James  Gibbon,  Ed- 
win   J.    Harvie,  Joseph    Jacobs,  Thomas    Laeroix,, 

Almarine  Marshall, Nuttal, Pleasant,  Johu 

B.  Rizi,  John  Schaub,  George  Wm.  Smith,  William 
Soutligate,  Abraham  B.  Venable,  James  Walden,. 
Edward  Wanton,  Johii  Welch. 


40  History  of  the 

On  the  East-Side  or  Face  of  Momitnent : 
Adeline  Bailsman,  Sarah  C.  Conyers,  Margaret 
Copland,  Elvira  Contts,  Ann  Craig,  Jiidith  Elliott, 
Fanny  Graff,  Patsy  Griffin,  Julia  Harvie,  Arianna 
Hunter,  Eliza  Jacobs, Littlepage,  Maria  Nel- 
son, Mary  Page,  Cliarlotte  Raphael,  Eliza  Steven- 
son, Cic.ilia  Tronin,  Sophia  Trouin,  Jane  Wade. 

On  the  North  Side  or  Face  of  Monument : 
Mary  Bosher,  Jane  Botts,  Anna  F.  Braxton, 
Josephine  Convert  and  cliild,  Rebecca  Cook  and 
€hild,  Mary  Davis,  Mary  Gallego,  Mary  Geradine 
and  child,  Eleanor  Giltson,  Ann  Greenhow,  Sarah 
Herron, Jerrod,  Betsy  Johnson, La  For- 
rest, Ann  Leslie,  Zipporah  Marks, Moss,  Eliza- 
beth Page,  Elizabetli  Patterson, Pickett, 

iScott.  Lucinda  C.  Wilson. 

On  the  ^\est  Side  or  Face  of  Monument : 
Margaret  Anderson,  Mary  Clay,  Sally  Gate  wood, 
Ann  Morton  Green,  Lucy  Gwathmey,  Juditli  Judah, 
Louisa    Mayo,    Nancy    Patterson,    Mary    Gabriella 
Whitlock. 

''Notice  to  Pew-Holders. 
""•The  pew-holders  of  the  Monumental  Church 
are  hereby  informed,  tliat  an  assessment  on  the  cost 
of  the  pews  of  fifteen  per  cent,  per  annum  is  levied, 
payable  quarterly.  The  first  instalment  at  the  Bank 
of  Virginia,  on  tlie  1st  of  June  next,  has  been 
ordered  by  the  vestry, 

C.  J.  Macmurdo, 
"J/ay  17,  1814.  Treasurer.''^ 


Monumental  Church.  41 

At  a  general  assembly,  began  and  lield  at  the 
public  buildings  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  Mon- 
day, the  eighteenth  day  of  October,  in  tlie  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  liundred  and  eighty- 
four,  and  in  tlie  ninth  year  of  the  Commonwealth, 
Benjamin  Harrison,  Esquire,  being  Governor,  an  act 
was  passed,  entitled  "An  act  for  incorporating  the 
Trotestant  Episcopal  Church."  (See  Henning's  Stat- 
utes at  Large,  Yol.  II,  chap.  49,  page,  532,)  by 
which  the  church  was  tlienceforth  authorized  in 
•conventions,  held  as  often  as  she  might  deem  neces- 
sary, to  regulate  all  her  religions  corcerns ;  settle  all 
matters  touching  doctrine,  discipline  and  worship, 
and  make  snch  rules  as  she  saw  fit  for  orderlj^  and 
good  government. 

The  convention  was  to  be  composed  of  all  min- 
isters of  the  church,  ex-ojficio,  and  of  two  laymen 
from  each  parish,  to  be  chosen  by  their  respective 
vestries. 

Pursuant  to  this  authority,  a  convention  met  in 
the  city  ot  Riclnuond,  on  Wednesday,  May  18, 1785  ; 
at  which  there  were  present  seventy-one  lay  deputies 
and  thirty-six  clergymen. 

The  Rev.  James  Madison,  D.  D.,  was  unanimously 
•elected  president  of  the  convention ;  the  Rev.  Ro. 
Andrews,  A.  M.,  was  unanimously  appointed  secre- 
tary. 

The  convention  adopted  "  Rules  for  the  order, 
government,  and  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
•copal  Church  in  Virginia,"  among  which  were  these : 

"8th.  The  clergy  of  several  neighboring  parishes, 


42  History  of  the 

not  less  than  three,  nor  more  than  ten,  shall  assem- 
ble in  Presbytery  annually,  on  the  second  Wednes- 
day in  April,  at  some  convenient  place  in  the  dis- 
trict, to  be  appointed  by  a  majority  of  the  ministers 
in  that  same  district.  One  in  each  district  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  convention  to  preside  in  their  meet- 
ings, with  the  title  of  visitor,  who  shall  annually 
visit  each  parish  in  his  district;  shall  attend  to  and 
inspect  the  morals  and  conduct  of  the  clergy;  shall 
see  tliat  the  canons  and  rules  of  the  church  are  ob- 
served, and  that  no  abuses  are  practised;  shall  ad- 
monish and  reprove  privately  those  clergymen  who 
are  negligent,  or  act  in  an  unbecoming  manner,  and 
shall  report  yearly  to  the  bishop,  if  there  be  one,  or 
if  there  be  no  bishop,  to  the  next  convention,  the 
state  of  each  parish  in  his  district,  noting  down  the 
offenders  and  their  offences. 

".  11th.  As  we  conceive  the  office  of  a  Bishop,  ac- 
cording to  the  true  apostolic  institution,  differs  in 
nothing  from  that  of  the  minister  of  God's  Word, 
except  in  the  power  of  ordination  and  contirmation^ 
and  the  rights  of  superintending  the  conduct  of  the 
clergy,  and  of  precedencj'  in  ecclesiastical  assemblies,, 
that  office  shall  accordingly  be  so  exercised  in  this 
church.  And  any  bishop,  after  his  promotion  to  the 
Episcopal  order,  shall  continue  to  hold  a  parish,  and 
to  do  the  duty  of  a  parish  minister,  except  when  he 
is  necessarily  employed  in  the  discharge  of  his  Epis- 
copal office. 

"  23rd.  It  being  directed  by  the  incorporating  act 
that  chnrcli  wardens  shall  be  appointed,  it  shall  be 


Monumental  Church.  43- 

their  duty  to  superintend  the  building  and  repairing, 
of  churches  and  other  buildings  belonging  to  the 
parish ;  to  see  that  they  are  done  agreeably  to  the 
directions  of  the  vestry,  and  according  to  contract  j, 
to  restrain  and  check  disorderly  behaviour  during, 
time  of  worship ;  to  prosecute,  under  the  direction 
of  the  vestry,  persons  offending  in  such  instances ;. 
to  furnish  books,  ornaments,  surplices,  elements  for 
the  sacrament,  and  every  other  thing  judged  neces- 
sary by  the  vestry,  out  of  the  church  revenues,  and 
to  have,  together  with  the  minister,  the  care  of  and 
superintendence  over  the  churches  and  burying, 
grounds. 

"  Church  wardens  are  to  be  considered  as  the  act- 
ing part  of  the  vestry,  who  are  to  see  their  orders- 
and  resolutions  carried  into  execution  ;  and  they  are 
to  report  the  state  of  the  parisli  to  the  bishop  and 
visitor  at  their  visitations. 

"■  Resolved^  That  a  standing  committee  be  ap- 
pointed, whose  business  it  shall  be  to  correspond 
with  any  society  or  societies  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Chureh,  in  tlie  United  States,  on  any  matters 
relating  thereto  ;  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  convention 
whensoever  it  shall  seem  necessary  ;  to  receive  com- 
plaints against  the  clergy,  and  to  direct  courts  o£ 
examination,  pursuant  to  the  rules  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  church ;  to  make  such  representations- 
on  behalf  of  the  church  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
expedient ;  to  give  advice  on  difficulties  propounded 
to  them  concerning  the  church,  during  the  recess  of 
the  convention,  and  to  report  their  proceedings  to- 


44  History  of  the 

every  succeeding  convention,  to  be  confirmed  or  re- 
scinded. 

^'"Resolved,  That  the  standing  committee  be  in- 
structed to  consider  of  the  proper  means  of  obtaining 
consecration  for  a  bishop  to  officiate  in  this  church; 
of  sending  tlie  person  wlio  may  be  hereafter  appointed 
to  be  consecrated,  and  of  supporting  him  during  his 
continuance  in  office,  and  to  make  their  repgrt  to  the 
next  convention-" 

The  same  convention  adopted  an  address  to  the 
members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Cliurcli  in  Vir- 
ginia, from  which  the  following  is  an  extract : 

"•  Of  what  is  the  church  now  possessed  !  nothing 
but  the  glebes  and  your  affections. 

"  Since  the  year  1776,  she  liath  been  even  without 
regular  government,  and  her  ministers  have  received 
\)\xi  little  compensation  for  tlieir  services.  Their 
numbers  are  diuiinished  by  death  and  other  causes, 
and  we  liave  as  yet  no  resource  within  ourselves  for 
u  succession  of  ministers. 

"  Churches  stand  in  need  of  repair,  and  there  is 
no  fund  equal  to  the  smallest  want.  By  tlie  favor 
of  Providence,  indeed,  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  is  incorporated  by  law,  and  under  this  sanc- 
tion we  are  now  assembled.  We  have  accepted  the 
invitation  of  a  convention  lately  held  in  New  York 
to  send  deputies  to  another  to  be  holden  at  Philadel- 
phia in  the  fall.  We  shall  not  enter  into  a  revision 
of  doctrine  and  worship  until  their  return,  and  report 
of  the  sentiments  of  those  of  our  communion  with 


Monumental  Church.  45 

wliora  they  may  be  associated.     We  have,  however,, 
organized  the  government  of  the  church." 

At  another  convention,  begun  and  held  at  the- 
Public  Buildings  in  the  city  of  Eichmond,  on  Wed- 
nesday, the  24th  of  May,  1786,  the  convention  pro- 
ceeded, by  ballot,  on  the  31st  of  May,  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  person  proper  to  be  recommended  for  con- 
sideration as  bishop  of  this  State. 

On  the  first  ballot  the  vote  was  ascertained  to  be: 
For  the  Rev.  David  Griffith,  Rector  of  Fairfax 
Parish,  32  ;  for  Rev.  Jolm  Bracken,  Rector  of  Bru- 
ton  Parish,  10;  Rev.  Samuel  Shield,  Rector  of  York 
Hampton  Parish,  7.  And  it  appearing  that  a  ma- 
jority of  the  whole  convention  was  in  favor  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Grifiith, 

"  Resolved^  therefore,  that  the  Rev.  David  Gi-iflith 
be  recommended  as  a  proper  person  to  be  consecrated 
bishop  of  this  State. 

"  Resolved^  That  this  convention  will,  after  conse- 
cration, receive  the  said  David  Grifiith  as  bishop." 

At  the  ensuing  session  of  the  General  Assembly,, 
the  celebrated  act  was  passed,  entitled  "An  act  for 
Establishing  Religious  Freedom,"  (see  Statutes  at 
Large,  Vol.  XII,  chap.  34,  page  84.)  And  at  the 
next  ensuing  session,  to  wit :  the  assembly  begun 
and  held  at  the  Public  Buildings,  in  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond, on  Monday,  the  16th  day  of  October,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1786,  and  in  the  11th  year  of  the 
Commonwealth,  Patrick  Henry,  Esquire,  being  Gov- 
ernor, an  act  was  passed  in  these  words  : 


46  History  of  the 

"I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembl}^,  that 
the  act  entitled  an  '  act  for  incorporating  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,'  shall  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed,  saving  to  all  religious  societies  the 
property  to  them  respectively  belonging,  who  are 
hereby  authorised  to  appoint,  from  time  to  time,  ac- 
'Cording  to  the  rules  of  their  sect,  trustees,  who  shall 
be  capable  of  managing  and  applying  such  property 
to  the  religious  uses  of  such  societies,  and  to  guard 
against  all  doubts  and  misconstructions. 

"  II.  Be  it  further  enacted  and  declared,  that  so 
much  of  all  laws  now  in  force  as  prevents  any  re- 
ligious society  from  regulating  its  own  discipline, 
.shall  be,  and  is  hereby  repealed." 

Subsequent  to  the  passage  of  this  act  the  standing 
committee  deemed  it  necessary  to  publish  the  follow- 
ing notice: 

"To  the  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
'Church : 

"The  standing  committee  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
■copal  Church,  in  consequence  of  the  power  vested 
in  them,  do  hereby  notity  that  Wednesday,  the  16th 
of  May  next,  is  appointed  as  the  time  for  holding  a 
convention  in  the  city  of  Richmond.  It  hath  been 
thought  advisable  thus  to  anticipate  the  stated  time 
of  meeting,  on  account  of  the  Whitsuntide  festival. 

"The  coinmittee,  considering  the  effects  of  the  re- 
peal of  the  incorporating  act,  take  the  liberty, — (the 
act  as  originally  publislied,  by  request,  in  the  Vir- 
ginia   Gazette,    contained    these   additional    words: 


Monumental  Chdkch.  47 

''The  religious  opinions  of  men  not  being  the  objects 
"of  civil  government,  or  under  its  jurisdiction ') — to  re- 
■comraend  to  the  ministers  of  parishes,  or  the  church 
•wardens  when  there  are  no  ministers,  to  convene  the 
•members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  their 
respective  parislies  so  soon  as  may  be  convenient,  in 
order  to  make  an  election  of  lay  deputies. 

"The  committee  are  also  anxious  to  express  their 
•earnest  desire  that  the  convention  may  be  full,  as 
matters  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the  above  church 
will  come  under  consideration. 

J.  Madison, 
Chairman  of  the  CoinmitteeP 

"  Williamsburg,  March  12, 1787. 

In  pursuance  of  which  notice  the  convention  as- 
sembled at  the  Public  Building  in  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond, and  adopted  an  ordinance  for  regulating  the 
appointment  of  vestries  and  trustees,  and  for  other 
purposes,  "  and  also  adopted  revised  rules  and  canons 
for  regulating  the  order,  government  and  discipline 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Virginia." 
It  further 

^^ Besolved,  That  the  standing  committee,  without 
delay,  request  of  the  Hight  Rev.  Dr.  White,  Bishop 
-of  the  Protestant  Episco])al  Church  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provost, 
Bishop  of  the  said  church  in  the  State  of  ]^ew  York, 
that  they,  or  either  of  them,  admit  to  consecration 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Griffith,  nominated  by  tlie  last  conven- 
tion bishop  of  the  church  in  this  State." 


48  History  of  the 

Bishop  White  and  Bishop  Provost,  felt  them- 
selves constrained  to  decline  the  request  of  the 
standing  committee,  in  consequence  of  a  promise 
made  by  them  to  the  consecrating  bishops  in  Eng- 
land, that  they  would  not  admit  any  one  to  consecra- 
tion in  America,  until  three  bishops  had  been  ob- 
tained from  England. 

It  liad  been  originally  contemplated  that  Dr.. 
Griffith  sliould  cross  the  Atlantic  with  Dr.  White 
and  Dr.  Provost,  the  two  gentlemen  who  had  been 
selected  by  the  churches — New  York  and  Pennsyl- 
vania— for  consecration ;  but  poverty  presented  an 
obstacle  which  he  was  not  able  to  surmount ;  he  was 
not  supplied  witli  money  by  tlie  church,  although 
efforts  were  made  to  raise  it  by  contributions  from 
the  parishes;  and  this  circumstance,  together  with, 
other  considerations  of  an  embarrassing  nature,  led 
him  to  communicate  to  the  convention  of  1789  his 
relinquishment  of  the  appointment.  He  died  in 
July  of  the  same  year,  at  the  house  of  Bishop  White,, 
in  Pliiladelphia,  whither  he  had  gone  to  attend  the 
general  convention,  as  one  of  the  representatives 
from  Virginia,  having  retained  the  confidence  of 
the  clinrch  in  Virginia  to  the  last,  and  receiving 
finally,  from  the  general  convention  in  Philadelphia, 
an  attestation  of  the  respect  entertained  for  his- 
character. 

At  the  convention  of  1790,  held  in  the  capitol  in. 
the  city  of  Kichmond,  on  Friday,  May  the  7th: 


Monumental  Church.  49'' 

"  The  convention,  according  to  the  order  of  the 
day,  proceeded  by  ballot  to  the  nomination  of 
a  bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
this  State ;  and  the  Rev.  James  Craig  and  others 
were  appointed  to  examine  the  ballots,  who,  having 
withdrawn  and  examined  the  same,  reported  that 
they  found  the  numbers  for  the  persons  balloted  for 
to  be  as  followeth: 

"For  the  Rev.  James  Madison,  Rector  of  James 
City  Parish,  and  President  of  William  and  Mary 
College,  46  ; 

"  Rev.  Samuel  Shield,  Rector  York  Hampton 
Parish,  9  ; 

"And  it  appearing  from  the  report  that  a  majority 
of  the  whole  convention  was  in  favor  of  the  Rev. 
James  Madison, 

"  Resolved,  therefore,  that  the  Rev.  James  Madi- 
son, D.  D.,  be  recommended  as  a  proper  person  to 
be  consecrated  bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  State  of  Virginia." 

Soon  after  the  adjournment  of  the  convention,. 
Dr.  Madison  proceeded  to  England,  and  on  the  19th 
of  September,  1T90,  he  was  consecrated  in  the 
chapel  of  the  Archepiscopal  palace  at  Lambeth,  by 
the  Most  Rev.  John  Moore,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury ;  the  Right  Rev,  Bishops  Brilby,  Porteus,  of 
London,  and  John  Thomas,  of  Rochester,  present 
and  assisting. 

Thus  was  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this 
country  furnished  with  three  bishops  of  English  con- 


50  History  of  the 

secration;  and  upon  the  return  of  Dr.  Madison,  the 
Episcopal  Church  of  Viro-inia,  after  an  existence  of 
cue  hundred  and  eightj-fonr  years,  saw  for  the  first 
time  a  bishop  within  her  borders. 

Bishop  Madison  met  the  assembled  clergy  of  his 
diocese  for  the  first  time  in  the  convention  of  May, 
1791,  in  Richmond;  on  which  occasion  he  delivered 
to  them  a  most  earnest  charge,  and  afi'ectionately 
exhorted  both  the  clergy  and  laity  to  hearty  co- 
operation with  him  in  reviving  the  church. 

To  the  convention  of  1792  he  made  his  first  re- 
port of  visitations  as  follows: 

"Agreeably  to  the  thirty-fifth  canon,  the  bishop 
begs  leave  to  report  that  he  has  visited  the  follow- 
ing parishes,  viz:  York  Hampton,  Elizabeth  City, 
Abingdon,  Ware,  Christ  Church,  (Middlesex,)  St. 
Anne,  St.  Paul's,  (King  George,)  Berkeley,  West- 
over,  Blisland,  Bruton,  James  City,  Henrico,  and 
Lunenburg;  and  is  happy  to  assure  the  convention, 
that  in  most  of  the  parishes  tlie  conduct  of  the  min- 
isters appeared  to  be  snch  as  merited  the  highest 
commendation.  The  congregations  where  he  at- 
tended were  generally  numerous  and  attentive  to 
the  form  of  worship  established  by  the  church;  and 
though  he  had  too  much  reason  to  lament  that  suf- 
ficent  regard  was  not  paid  to  the  decent  support  of 
the  clergy  in  many  parishes,  yet  the  diligence  with 
which  most  of  the  ministers  continued  to  discharge 
their  sacred  functions,  while  it  afforded  the  highest 
proof  of  their  zeal  and  piety,  yielded  at  the  same 


Monumental  Church.  51 

time  a  pleasing  hope  that  the  chnrcli  would  gradually 
revive. 

"In  the  five  parishes  of  Abingdon,  "Ware,  (Christ 
Church,)  Middlese.^,  Berkeley,  (Fredericksburg,)  and 
Bruton,  upwards  of  six  hundred  persons  have  been 
confirmed." 

Bishop  Madison  died  in  Williamsburg  on  the 
6th  of  March,  1812,  in  the  sixty-third  year  of  his 
age,  and  his  remains  were  deposited  in  the  chapel  of 
the  college. 

"The  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Virginia  are  most  solemnly  and  earnestly 
requested  to  elect  and  send,  from  their  several  re- 
spective parishes,  clerical  and  lay  deputies,  to  meet 
in  convention  at  Richmond,  the  second  Wednesday 
in  May  next. 

"The  present  situation  of  the  church  imperiously 
calls  for  such  a  meeting;  and  it  is  therefore  with 
confidence  hoped,  that  if  a  spark  of  love  and  attach- 
ment to  the  church  in  which  they  were  baptized  and 
educated  remain  in  the  breasts  of  its  professing 
members,  they  will  feel  it  kindling  into  a  warm  and 
holy  flame,  animating  their  zeal  and  active  exertions 
to  rescue  her  and  themselves  from  the  imputation 
thrown  out  by  the  last  general  convention,  held  in 
the  city  of  ISew  Haven,  and  couched  in  the  follow- 
ing mortif3dng  words: 

"  They  fear  that  the  church  in  Yirginia  is.  from 
various  causes,  so  depressed,  that  there  is  danger  of 


52  History  of  the 

her  total  ruin,  unless  great  exertions,  favored  by  the 
blessing  of  Providence,  are  employed  to  raise  her. 

[Signed  by]  John  Bracken, 

James  Henderson. 

Surviving   memhers  of  the   standing   committee, 

Williamburg,  April  14,  1812." 

In  response  to  the  foregoing  appeal,  a  special  con- 
vention was  held  at  the  capitol  in  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond, beginning  on  Wednesday,  the  13th  of  May, 
1812,  which  was  attended  by  the  following  named 
deputies : 

Of  tlie  clerg3^ — The  Rev.  Hugh  Corau  Boggs, 
John  Bracken,  D.  D. ;  John  Buclianan,  D.  D.;  Jolm 
Cameron,  D.  D.;  Alexander  Hay,  Jacob  Keeling, 
William  King,  Samuel  Low,  Wm.  Meade,  Geo.  Stro- 
beck,  Andrew  Syme,  Anthony  Walke,  William  H. 
Wilmer,  John  Woodville. — 14. 

Of  the  laity. — Messrs.  Codrington  Carrington, 
George  Deneale,  Raleigh  W.  Downman,  Thomas 
Gaskins,  Thomas  H.  F.  Goodwyn,  Edward  McGuire, 
Alex.  McRae,  William  Moore,  Charles  Page,  David 
Patterson,  Robert  Slaughter,  John  M.  Smith,  Wm. 
S.  Stone,  George  Turner. — 14.  § 

On  Thursday,  the  14th, 

'■'■  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  conven- 
tion do  now  proceed  to  the  choice  of  a  bishop." 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan  having  nominated  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Bracken,  the  members  then  proceeded  to 
ballot;  and  the  ballot  being  received,  the  Rev.  Dr. 


Monumental  Church.  53 

Buchanan  and  Mr.  McRae  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  count  the  same. 

Tlie  said  committee  having  performed  that  duty, 
reported  that  tliey  found  tlie  ballot  to  be,  for  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Bracken,  twenty-two,  and  for  the  Rev,  Mr. 
Boggs,  three,  and  thereupon  the  Rev.  John  Bracken, 
D.  D. ,  was  declared  to  be  duly  elected  bishop  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this  State. 

After  the  death  of  Bishop  Madison,  Dr.  Bracken 
had  been  elected  rector  of  Br n ton  Parish,  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary ;  he  had 
been  previously  for  many  years  rector  of  Bruton 
Parish.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Boggs  had  been  for  many 
years  rector  of  Berkeley  Parish. 

"According  to  adjournment,  the  convention  met 
at  the  Capitol  in  Richmond,  on  Tuesday,  the  25tli 
of  May,  1813, — present,  9  clerical,  and  9  lay  depu- 
ties." 

"On  Wednesday,  the  26th,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bracken, 
who  was  elected  bishop  of  the  church  in  this  State 
by  the  last  convention,  gave  in  his  resignation  thereof, 
which  was  accepted." 

A  special  convention  was  held  at  the  Capitol,  on 
Wednesday,  the  4th  of  May,  1814.  Present  of  the 
clergy :  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan,  D.  D.,  John 
Cameron,  D.  D.,  John  Dunn,  Wm.  Meade,  Oliver 
Norris,  Andrew  Syme,  Wm.  H.  Wilmer, — 7. 

Of  the  laity:  Messrs.  John  Adams, Wm.  Broadus, 
John   Buford,  Wm.  Cameron,  Daniel  Carmichael, 


54  History  of  the 

Cadwallader  J.  Dade,  James  Hunter,  Baldwin  M, 
Lee,  Edmnnd  J.  Lee,  Thos.  Matthews,  Wm.  Mayo, 
Edward  McGuire,  Hugh  Mercer,  David  Patterson, 
Richard  Stuart,  George  Thornton — 16.  Afterwards 
increased,  as  before  stated,  by  the  admission  of  Jas. 
McChirg,  D.  D.,  and  Jolm  Marshall. 

On  Thursday,  the  5th  of  May — 

"  Resolved,  That  the  appointment  of  a  bishop  for 
this  diocese  is  highly  expedient,  and  necessary  for 
the  maintenance  and  support  of  this  church." 

On  motion,  made  and  seconded — 

"  Resolved,  That  the  convention  proceed  immedi- 
ately to  tlie  election  of  a  person  to  fill  the  Episco- 
pate in  this  State." 

Dr.  James  McClurg  then  presented  a  certified 
extract  from  the  vestry-book  of  the  Monumental 
Church  in  Richmond,  showing  tlie  appointment  of 
the  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.  D.,  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  to  the  rectorship  of  that  church. 

"  On  motion,  ordered  that  the  secretary  read  sun- 
dry letters  exliibited  by  members  of  the  standing 
committee,  from  Dr.  Moore  and  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Hubart,  which  was  accordingly  done. 

"  Dr.  Moore  was  nominated  to  fill  the  ofiice  of 
bishop  in  this  State.  No  other  person  being  in 
nomination,  the  convention  proceeded  to  ballot  for 
a  bishop. 

"  The  Hon.  John  Marshall  and  Mr.  Edmnnd  J. 
Lee  were  appointed  to  count  the  ballots,  who  reported 
that  there  were  twenty-three   votes   for   the    Rev> 


RIGHT  REV.  RICHARD  CHANNING  MOORE,   D.   D. 

BISHOP   OF   VIRGINIA. 


Monumental  Church.  55 

Kieliard  Clianning  Moore,  D.  D.,  and  one  vote  for 
Dr.  John  Buclianan  ;  whereupon  the  Rev.  Richard 
Channing  Moore  was  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to 
the  Episcopate  in  the  diocese  of  V^irginia ;  and  the 
members  of  the  convention  proceeded  to  subscribe 
the  testimonial  required  by  the  constitution  of  the 
General  Churcli  of  the  United  States. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  President  be  requested  to 
apprize  Dr.  Moore  of  his  election  to  the  Episcopate, 
and  that  tlie  Secretary  do  furnish  forthwith  a  certifi- 
cate of  that  appointment.'' 

The  General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  being 
assembled  in  St.  James  church,  Philadelphia,  oa 
Monday,  May  18th,  1814,  a  certified  extract  from 
the  minutes  of  the  convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Yirginia,  stating 
the  election  by  that  body  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Chan- 
ning Moore  as  bishop  of  that  diocese,  was  presented 
and  read  ;  whereupon, 

^'■Itesolved,  That  the  members  of  this  house  do 
now  proceed  to  sign  the  testimonials  required  by  the 
canons  in  favor  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Channing 
Moore,  D.  D.,  in  order  to  his  consecration  as  oishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia,  which  was  accordingly 
done,  and  the  certificate  in  proper  form  transmitted 
to  the  house  of  bishops. 

"  The  house  then  rose  for  the  purpose  of  attend- 
ing divine  service,  and  sermon  by  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Hobart,  on  occasion  of  the  meeting  of  the^ 


56  History  of  the 

convention  and  the  consecration  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Moore.  After  which  the  house  resumed  their  ses- 
sion; and  it  was,  on  motion, 

^^Resolved,  unanimously,  that  the  thanks  of  this 
convention  be  communicated  to  Bishop  Hobart  for 
his  appropriate  and  excellent  sermon,  and  that  he  be 
requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  for  publica- 
tion. 

"Bishop's  Certificate. 

"  Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we,  Wil- 
liam White,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
j)al  Church  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  presiding 
J3ishop;  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant 
I3ishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  New  York  ;  Alexander  Victs  Griswold,  D. 
D.,  Bisliop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  Eastern  Diocese ;  and  Theodore  Dehon,  D.  D., 
Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
iState  of  South  Carolina;  under  the  protection  of 
JVlmighty  God,  in  St.  James  Church,  in  tlie  city  of 
^Philadelphia,  on  Wednesday,  the  eighteenth  day  of 
May,  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  fourteen,  did  then  and  there,  rightly  and 
canonically,  consecrate  our  beloved  in  Christ,  Rich- 
ard Channing  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
^.Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  of  wiiose  sufficiency 
in  good  learning,  soundness  in  tlie  faith  and  purity 
of  manners,  we  were  fvdly  ascertained,  into  the  office 
of  Bisliop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  Virginia,  to  which  he  hath  been  elected  by 
the  convention  of  said  State. 


Monumental  Church,  57 

"  Given  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  this  eighteenth 
•day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
•eight  hundred  and  fourteen. 

William  White,  [Seal-I 

John  Henry  Hob  art,  [Seal.] 
Alex.  V.  Griswold,  [Seal.'] 
Theodore  Dehon,         [Seal.] 

In  the  sermon  preached  upon  the  occasion  of 
Bishop  Moore's  consecration  by  Bishop  Hobart,  the 
following  passages,  are  found: 

'•  The  night  of  adversity  has  passed,  and  the 
morning,  I  would  fain  hope,  of  a  long  and  splendid 
day  is  dawning  on  the  church  in  Virginia.  I  think 
I  see  the  pledge  of  this  in  the  attachment  to  our 
•church,  and  in  the  anxious  desire  to  serve  her,  mani- 
fested by  laymen  of  tlie  highest  influence  and  talents, 
and  b}^  a  few  zealous  clergy.  They  have  combined, 
and  they  have  resolved,  under  God,  that  tlie  church 
in  Virginia  shall  not  perisli. 

"  From  my  soul  I  revere  and  love  them  for  the  holy 
iresolve.  My  God  !  in  this  remember  them  for  good- 
The  first  fruits  of  their  labors  we  witness  to-day. 

"To  counsel,  to  lead,  to  strengthen  them  in  tlieir 
exertions;  to  revive,  among  a  numerous  and  widely 
extended  population,  the  spirit  of  piety  ;  to  make 
known,  valued  and  loved,  the  evangelical  and  primi- 
tive institutions  of  our  church;  to  make  these  insti- 
tutions and  services,  under  God,  the  instruments  of 
bringing  again  the  outcasts,  and  reclaiming  the  lost; 
of  conviction  and  conversion  to  the  sinner;  of  holi- 


58  History  of  the 

ness  and  comfort  to  the  saint,  is  the  work  of  immi- 
nent difficulty  and  hazard ;  but  I  trust,  by  God's, 
blessing,  of  success  and  honor,  to  which  you,  my 
reverend  brother,  will  be  called. 

''  I  owe  it  to  you  to  declare,  that  in  relation  to  the 
Episcopate  of  Virginia,  you  were  pressed  with  an 
urgency  which  would  not  admit  of  a  i-ef usal ;  and 
that  your  whole  conduct  in  respect  to  it  has  been 
marked  by  a  frankness  and  conciliation,  and  a  zeal 
for  the  interests  of  religion  and  the  church,  which 
have  removed  every  difficulty  that  might  have  im- 
peded your  elevation  to  tlie  episcopal  office. 

"  We  shall  now  follow  you  to  your  arduous  station 
with  our  best  wishes  and  our  prayers.  It  must  be 
apparent  that  you  make  no  inconsiderable  sacrifice 
of  personal  ease.  At  a  period  of  life  when  you  must 
have  begun  to  look  forward  to  a  degree  of  rest  from, 
the  conflicts  of  active  duty,  you  are  called  on  to  ex- 
change the  comforts  of  your  native  city,  and  tbe  at- 
tentions of  a  congregation  warmly  attached  to  you,, 
for  a  land  of  strangers,  and  for  the  difficulties  of  a 
depressed  and  extensive  diocese. 

•'Still,  in  the  labors  of  the  field  on  which  you  en- 
ter, you  will  meet,  we  trust,  with  zealous  coadjutors 
in  the  clergy  and  laity,  who,  in  a  manner  very  honor- 
able to  yourself,  have  chosen  you  for  their  diocesan; 
and  who  have,  by  this  act,  pledged  themselves  to 
support  you  in  the  fulfilment  of  your  consecration 
vows,  to  extend  and  to  maintain  the  doctrine,  dis- 
cipline, and  worship  of  our  church. 

"Among  the  laity  whose  talents  and  influence  will 


Monumental  Church.  5^ 

be  called  to  your  aid,  I  perceis^e  some  most  early 
and  valued  friends. 

"From  the  people  generally,  among  whom  you 
will  labor,  you  will,  I  am  satisfied,  receive  every  kind 
attention  that  can  tend  to  lessen  the  burden  of  your 
cares. 

"The  state  of  society  and  manners  among  those 
with  whom  your  future  life  is  to  be  passed,  (I  speak 
from  some  degree  of  personal  knowledge,)  needs 
only  the  purifying  and  elevating  inliuence  of  re- 
ligion to  become  in  a  high  degree  interesting,  and  a 
source  of  personal  gratification.  But  you  must  look 
beyond  all  earthly  aids  and  consolations,  to  those 
which  your  Lord  and  Master  only  can  confer. 

"Should  the  spirit  of  nnfeigned  and  humble  piety,, 
regulated  and  cherished  by  the  sound  doctrines,  the 
primitive  order,  and  the  truly  evangelical  services 
and  institutions  of  cur  church  be  revived  in  the 
scene  of  your  future  labors,  with  what  delight  shall 
we  all  look  back  to  the  service  of  this  day !  And 
how  fervent  will  be  our  thanks  to  God,  who  hath 
made  you  the  instrument  of  this  great  good?" 

The  committee  of  the  house  of  clerical  and  lay 
deputies,  appointed  to  exatniue  the  journals  of  the 
different  State  conventions,  Episcopal  charges,  ad- 
dresses and  pastoral  letters,  and  to  draw  up  a  view 
of  the  state  of  the  church  in  their  report,  made  the 
21st  May,  1814,  thus  speak  of  Virginia: 

"  From  a  variety  of  causes,  not  necessary  and  per- 
haps not  proper  to  detail  here,  the  church  in  this 


'60  History  of  the 

State  has  fallen  into  a  deplorable  condition ;  in  many 
cases  the  ministers  have  thrown  off  their  sacred  pro- 
fession ;  lier  litnrgy  is  either  contemned  or  unknown, 
and  the  sanctuaries  are  desolate. 

"  It  M'ould  rend  my  feeling  heart  to  see  spacious 
temples,  venerable  even  in  their  dilapidation  and 
ruins,  now  the  habitations  of  the  wdld  beasts  of  the 
forests. 

"  But  amid  this  gloomy  scene  a  ray  of  light  breaks 
in  upon  the  prospect,  cheering  the  hearts  of  the 
friends  of  the  church.  Her  members  in  Virginia 
have  been  taught,  by  a  dreadful  experience,  the 
value  of  their  peculiar  institutions.  They  look  back 
wnth  regret,  and  sigh  when  they  talk  of  former  days, 
when  they  were  wont  to  go  witli  joy  into  the  courts 
of  Zion;  they  are  ready  and  desirous  to  return  to 
that  fold  from  which  they  liave  wandered  so  long, 
-as  sheep  having  no  sliepherd.  They  anxiously  seek 
the  restoration  of  their  primitive  and  apostolical 
form  of  worship  and  sound  doctrine,  and  pray  that 
ministers  of  zeal  and  piety  may  come  and  help  them. 

"  Perhaps  no  place  in  the  United  States  presents  a 
more  extended  Held  for  the  faithful  laborer.  Here 
are  the  best  of  materials,  and  here  are  the  noblest 
inducements  of  duty,  of  honor  and  reward. 

"  Tlie  disposition  of  the  people,  and  especially  of 
some  eminent  laymen,  who  have  come  forward  with 
interest  and  zeal,  affoi*d  pleasing  pledges  of  those 
good  fruits  which  their  active  exertions  will  not  fail 
^to  produce. 

"A  magnificent  church  has  sprung  up  in  Rich- 


Monumental  Church.  61 

mond  from  the  ashes  of  the  Theatre ;  it  has  tlie  pa- 
tronage and  support  of  men  of  the  greatest  talents, 
and  higliest  rank  in  Virginia.  They  have  cliosen  as 
their  pastor  the  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D. 
D,,  who  is  now  the  bishop  of  the  diocese,  and  under 
whose  auspices  there  is  reason  to  hope  for  the  most 
favorable  results, 

"  The  corner-stone  of  a  large  and  respectable 
church  has  been  laid  in  Fredericksburg,  on  the  site 
of  the  old  building,  which  lias  gone  to  decay.  For 
Leesburg  also  they  have  obtained  a  subscription  ade- 
quate to  the  expense  of  erecting  a  respectable  church; 
and  in  the  counties  of  Frederick  and  Spottsylvania, 
and  perhaps  in  other  places,  from  which  reports  have 
not  been  received,  the  state  of  the  church  is  improving. 
In  Alexandria  there  are  two  large  and  respectable 
congregations.  From  the  present  excitement  which 
is  manifest  throughout  the  State,  nothing  more  seems 
wanting,  under. the  blessing  of  God,  than  faithful 
ministers,  to  realize  the  hopes  which  are  entertained 
of  the  future  prosperity  of  this  important  part  of 
our  Zion.  Let  all  who  wish  her  well  pray  the  Lord 
of  the  harvest  to  send  forth  laborers  into  His  har- 
vest." 

Soon  after  the  adjournment  of  the  general  con- 
vention Bishop  Moore  repaired  to  Richmond,  visit- 
ing and  preaching  at  Alexandria  and  Fredericksburg 
on  his  way  hither.  The  chief  object  of  this  visit 
was  to  become  acquainted  with  his  new  flock,  and 
prepare  for  the  permanent  location  of  liis  family. 
His  first  impressions  respecting  the  field  of  his  future 


62  History  of  the 

labors,  of  the  character  of  the  people  with  whom  he 
was  thenceforth  to  be  connected  in  the  pastoral  re- 
lation, and  of  the  field  of  usefulness  opened  to  him 
in  the  diocese,  were  given  in  several  letters  ad- 
dressed to  Edmund  J.  Lee,  Esq.,  in  the  first  of  which, 
dated  Richmond,  June  28th,  1814,  he  says: 

"  I  am  at  present  at  the  house  of  my  valued  friend, 
Dr.  B.  (Dr.  John  Brockenbrough.)  St.  Paul,  in  his 
excursions,  was  never  better  received,  nor  more  affec- 
tionately treated. 

"I  am  highly  pleased  with  those  features  of  vital 
piety  wliich  I  discover  among  the  ladies  of  this  city. 
So  far  from  being  ashamed  of  religion,  or  its  illus- 
trious founder,  they  are  proud  of  giving  it  that  place 
to  which  it  is  so  justly  entitled." 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Henshaw,  in  his  memoir  of  tlielife 
of  the  bishop,  says: 

"The  congregation  of  the  Monumental  Church 
comprehended  probably  a  larger  amount  of  intelli- 
gence and  refinement,  and  a  greater  proportion  of 
men  distinguished  for  talent  and  influence,  than  any 
congregation  in  the  Union." 

^Notice. 

From  the  Virginia  Patriot,  June  16th,  ISli: 

"  Divine  service  wdll  be  performed  at  the  Monu- 
mental Church  on  next  Sunday."  (It  is  believed  the 
bishop  preached  then  for  the  first  time  to  his  new 
congregation.) 

"At  a  monthly  Court  of  Hustings  held  for  the  city 


REV.    JOHN    BUCHANAN,    D.    D. 


Monumental  Church.  63 

of  Richmond,  at  the  coiirthonse,  on  Monday,  the 
eleventh  daj^  of  July,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fourteen,  Richard  Channing  Moore  this  day  pro- 
duced credentials  of  his  ordination,  and  of  his  being 
in  regular  communion  with  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  whereupon  the  said  Richard  Channing 
Moore,  having  taken  the  oath,  and  entered  into  bond, 
with  securities  according  to  law,  a  testimonial  is 
granted  him  to  solemnize  the  rites  of  matrimony  be- 
tween any  persons  regularly  applying  to  him,  within 
the  commonwealth,  for  that  purpose." 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry  of  the  parish  of  Hen- 
rico, held  at  the  house  of  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan, 
rector  thereof,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  the  23rd 
July,  1814, — Present, — Col.  William  Mayo,  Dr. 
John  Adams,  Mr.  Anthony  Turner,  Church  War- 
dens ;  Col.  Jolin  Ambler,  Mr.  Wm.  Marshall,  Mr. 
John  WilHamson,  Mr.  Samuel  Greenhow, — A  re- 
solution of  tlie  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church  of 
the  city  of  Richmond  having  been  submitted,  which 
■is  in  the  words  following,  to  wit : 

^^Resolved,  That  this  vestry  will  pay  two  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  to  assist  the  vestry  of  Henrico 
Parish  in  compensating  a  minister  to  officiate  in  the 
Richmond  Hill  Church,  (St.  John's,)  provided  that 
during  the  absence  of  the  bishop  in  the  performance 
of  the  duties  of  his  diocese,  such  minister  shall  of- 
ficiate once  every  Sabbath  alternately,  morning  and 
evening,^in  the  Monumental  Church,  and  provided 
^also  that  the  vestry  of  Henrico  Parish  shall  by  re- 
.solution  assent  to  this  arrangement." 


64  History  of  the 

On  consideration  whereof, — 

'•'' Resolved,  Tiiat  the  proposition  contained  in  the 
foregoing  resolution  of  the  vestry  of  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted 
and  approved. 

^'■Resolved.,  That  under  the  present  appearance  of 
the  funds  of  this  parisli,  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  per  annum  should  be  given  for  tlie  term  of 
three  years,  to  any  clergyman  who  may  be  appointed 
as  an  assistant  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  sum  proposed  to  be  given  by  the  vestry 
of  the  Monumental  Church. 

'■'Resolved,  That  the  vestry  do  now  proceed  to  ap- 
point an  assistant  minister  to  this  church. 

"  The  vestry  proceeded  to  ballot  agreeable  to  the 
provision  of  the  last  resolution;  and  the  ballots- 
being  counted,  it  appeared  that  there  was  an  unani- 
mous vote  in  favor  of  the  Rev.  David  Moore,  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  wardens  be  requested  to  in- 
vite the  Rev.  David  Moore  to  accept  the  appoint- 
ment as  assistant  minister  to  Dr.  Buchanan  in  this 
parish." 

The  Rev.  David  Moore  was  the  eldest  son  of  the 
Bishop  by  his  first  marriage.  He  was  one  of  the 
thirteen  deacons  reported  as  having  been  admitted 
by  Bishop  Hobart  to  the  holy  order  of  priests,  be- 
tween May,  1811,  and  October,  1813. 

He  succeeded  his  father  as  the  rector  of  St.  Andrew's 
Parish,  Staten  Island,  some  years  after  the  transfer 
of  Dr.  Moore   to   the  rectorship  of  St.    Stephen's. 


Monumental  Church.  65 

church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  was  acting  as 
such  at  the  time  of  Jiis  invitation  to  Henrico. 

In  the  month  of  October,  1814,  the  Bisliop  took 
his  final  leave  of  the  congregation  of  St.  Stephen's, 
and  removed  with  his  fanjily  to  Richmond. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry  of  Henrico  parish,  on 
the  7th  November,  1814, — 

"  Resolved,  That  in  case  the  Rev.  David  Aloore 
shall  accept  the  invitation  given  to  him  as  assistant 
minister  in  the  parish  of  Henrico,  lie  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  the  permanent  rector  of  this  parish  when- 
ever the  present  incumbent  may  resign,  or  in  the 
event  of  his  death." 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer^  Nov.  15,  1814: 
"  The  Monumental  Church  of  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond was  consecrated  on  Sunday  hist,  by  the  Rio;ht 
Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  with  the  usual  solemn 
ceremonies,  and  a  discourse  was  delivered  appropri- 
ate to  the  occasion."  (This  was  the  first  Episcopal 
act  performed  by  the  Bishop.) 

1815. 

"  The  pew-holders  of  the  Monumental  Church  are 
requested  to  take  notice,  that  their  attendance  is  re- 
quested at  the  church  on  Saturday  next,  at  11  o'clock, 
in  the  forenoon,  to  elect  nine  vestrymen  for  the 
ensuing  yean.  By  the  Wardens." 

''Ayril  18,  1815. 

"  The  members  of  the  'Association  for  building  a 

5 


€6  History  of  the 

Ohnrch  on  Shockoe  Hill '  are  hereb}'^  notified  that 
one-half  of  the  subscription  money  will  be  returned 
•on  application  at  the  Bank  of  Yirginia,  by 

''April  26,  1815.  The  Trustees'." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry  of  Henrico  parish, 
May  1,  1815,  the  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hart,  having  pro- 
■duced  testimonials,  as  required  by  the  31st  canon  of 
the  Church  of  the  United  States,  of  his  good  con-' 
duct  for  three  years  past,  and  liaving  offered  himself 
a  candidate  as  the  assistant  minister  in  this  parish 
to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan, — 

"Resolved,  unanimousl}^,  that  the  Rev.  William 
H.  Hart  be  appointed  the  assistant  minister  to  this 
parish,  and  if  he  shall  accept  the  appointment,  he 
shall  be  considered  the  permanent  rector  of  the 
parish,  whenever  the  present  incumbent  may  resign, 
or  in  the  event  of  his  death. 

''Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  assistant  min- 
ister commence  from  the  date  of  the  acceptance  of 
his  appointment,  and  that  the  wardens  be  authorized 
to  make  him  such  advance  of  his  salary  as  to  them 
may  appear  necessary." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hart  married  a  niece  of  Bishop 
Moore. 

In  December,  1822,  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Bucha- 
nan, the  vestry  of  Henrico  Parish,  unanimously  in- 
vited him,  in  compliance  with  their  resolution  of  1st 
May,  1815,  "Forthwith  to  assume  his  duties  as 
rector  of  Henrico  Parish  in  full,  and  to  do  and  per- 
form all  things  for  the   good   and  interest  of  this 


MONDMENTAL  ChURCH.  67 

parish,  in  the  same  manner  as  our  late  rector,  the 
Rev.  John  Buchanan.'" 

In  July,  182S,  he  resigned  this  charge,  in  conse- 
quence of  intending  to  remove  to  New  York;  but 
was  re-elected  in  January,  1836,  and  again  resigned 
in  September,  1842,  after  the  death  of  Bishop 
Moore. 

From  the  Richmond  £nquire7^,  May  6,  1815  : 

"Want  of  room  forbids  us  from  saying  anything 
more,  than  that  Bishop  Moore  will  deliver  a  dis- 
course on  to-morrow  morning,  in  the  Monumental 
Church,  in  aid  of  the  '  Female  Humane  Associa- 
tion,^ when  it  is  hoped  every  friend  of  the  aged 
and  intirm  female,  and  of  orphan  children,  will  at- 
tend. 

"  Happy  that  we  can  know  how  to  serve  the  nn- 
fortunate,  without  passing  through  the  bitter  school 
of  experience  which  Lear  recommends  : 

'  Take  physic,  pomp  ; 
Expose  thyself  to  feel  what  wretches  feel ; 
That  thou  may'st  shake  the  superflux  to  them, 
And  show  the  heavens  more  just.'  " 

"At  a  convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  Virginia,  held  at  the  Monumental  Church 
in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  Tuesday,  the  23rd  May, 
1815,  the  Right  Rev.  Ricliard  Channing  Moore,  D. 
D.,  bishop  ot  the  diocese,  took  the  chair  as  President, 
and  Wm.  Munford  was  appointed  Secretary. 


68  History  of  the 

"  Dr.  James  McClnrg  attended  as  lay  deputy  for 
the  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church. 

^'Resolved,  unanimoasly,  that  the  thanks  of  this 
convention  be  presented  to  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore,  for  the  evangelical  and  eloquent  discourse 
delivered  by  him  in  the  Monumental  Cliurch  this 
morning;  and  that  he  be  requested  to  favor  the  coh- 
vention  with  a  copy  thereof  for  publication." 

Mr.  Boggs,  from  the  committee  on  the  subject  of 
parochial  reports,  presented  a  statement  containing 
the  substance  thereof  in  a  condensed  form  : 

"In  the  church  in  the  city  of  Richmond  much 
attention  is  given  to  Divine  worship.  The  number 
of  cominunicants  is  about  one  hundred  and  twenty, 
and  tlie  number  of  prayer-books  is  increased." 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  delivered  to  this 
convention  an  address  on  the  state  of  the  church : 

"The  members  of  the  church  in  this  city,  breth- 
ren, deserve  my  sincerest  thanks  for  the  friendship, 
affection,  and  indulgence  with  which  they  have  fa- 
vored me.  They  have  shown,  by  their  marked  and 
continued  tenderness  towards  me]  and  ray  family, 
that  tliey  are  alive  to  all  the  sensibilities  which  adorn 
our  nature. 

"I  have  found  in  them  not  only  friends,  but  bro- 
thers and  benefactors  ;  they  have  met  my  necessities 
with  a  solicitude  beyond  my  expectations  ;  they  have 
anticipated  my  every  want ;  they  have  discharged 
the  duty  of  the  most  affectionate  children  towards 
their  spiritual  father." 


Monumental  Chdkch.  69 

jstotice. 
From  the  Ricliniond  Enquirer^  May  27th,  1815: 
"The  owners  of  pews  in  the  Monumental  Church 
are  hereby  informed  that  an  assessment  lias  been 
ordered  by  the  vestry  of  sixteen  per  cent.,  payable 
to  the  treasurer — one-half  on  Thursday,  and  the 
other  half  on  tlie  lirst  day  of  December  next. 

C.  J.  Macmurdo, 

Treasurer^ 

1816. 

From  tlie  Riclmiond  Enquirer^  Jan'y  25tli,  1816: 
Communication. 

The  following  are  the  concluding  words  of  an  elo- 
quent sermon  delivered  in  the  Monumental  Church 
on  Sunday  last,  by  the  bishop  of  Virginia.  They 
pay  a  very  appropriate  and  well  itierited  tribute  to 
the  memo]-y  of  one  of  the  most  exemplary  women 
who  ever  lived.  They  are  communicated  for  publi- 
cation in  the  hope  that  tliey  will  be  read  with  plea- 
sure by  her  numerous  surviving  friends,  and  that  the 
example  of  uncommon  purity  and  worth  which  they 
commemorate  will  not  be  lost  upon  the  public: 

"Since  Ilast  addressed  yon  from  this  sacred  desk, 
the  church  has  been  deprived  of  one  of  its  brightest 
ornaments,  and  tlie  altar  of  one  of  its  most  pious 
attendants,  in  the  death  ot  our  lamented  friend,  Mrs. 
Francis  Davenport. 

"To  witlihold  from  her  memory  the  last  tribute 
of  pastoral  attention  would  constitute  a  neglect  bor- 
dering on  criminality,  and  would  be  doing  violence 


70  History  of  the 

to  those  feelings  of  respect  and  affection  with  which 
lier  virtues  have  inspired  my  mind. 

''A  Christian  from  the  conviction  of  her  nnder-. 
standing,  as  well  as  from  the  principle  of  a  pious 
education,  Mrs.  Davenport  exhibited  in  her  conduct 
the  superior  beauties  of  the  dispensation  of  grace. 

"Advanced  to  that  period  of  life  in  which  nature 
shuns  the  crowd  and  courts  retirement,  blessed  with 
those  resources  derived  from  a  mind  stored  with  in- 
tellectual knowledge,  the  retirement  which  heaven 
had  provided  her  proved  a  school  of  information,  in 
which  the  experienced  Christian  might  learn  an  ad- 
ditional lesson  of  religious  instruction,  and  the  j^oung 
candidate  for  eternal  joys  be  taught  the  way  to 
heaven.  Her  latter  years  liad  been  exclusively  de- 
voted to  the  care  of  the  children  of  Judge  Coalter, 
and  it  is  from  the  tears  of  those  children,  and  their 
expressions  of  respect  for  her  memory,  that  we  may 
draw  the  conclusion  of  Iier  excellence  and  worth. 

"  Bereaved  at  an  early  period  of  life  of  the  atten- 
tions of  an  affectionate  mother,  they  sought  an  asy- 
lum under  the  maternal  wing  of  Mrs.  Davenport, 
and  by  that  aifection  which  marked  her  conduct  she 
proved,  beyond  all  controversy,  that  their  confidence 
in  her  had  not  been  misplaced.  To  train  them  for 
a  better  world  was  the  first  wish  of  her  heart;  to 
that  effect  she  directed  her  unwearied  attention  ? 
May  those  tender  plants  over  which  she  watched 
with  such  anxious  solicitude,  l)e  watered  with  the 
dew  of  heaven,  and  at  length  bloom  and  flourish  in 
the  paradise  of  God. 


Monumental  Church.  71 

"During  that  indisposition  wliich  iuis  deprived 
her  friends  of  her  society,  Mrs.  Davenport  mani- 
fested a  spirit  of  submission  to  the  will  of  God. 
Confident  of  the  protection  of  that  Divine  Being 
whose  mercies  are  over  all  His  works,  and  whose 
care  extendeth  to  the  unfledged  sparrow,  she  was 
patient  under  her  sufferings  and  resigned  to  her  fate. 
Like  the  harvest,  when  ripe  for  the  reaper's  liand, 
she  waited  until  her  change  should  come,  and  when 
her  work  on  earth  was  finished,  and  not  a  moment 
sooner,  the  sickle  of  death  was  applied,  and  she  was 
gathered  into  the  garner  of  eternal  life. 

"Let  us,  brethren,  prepare  to  follow  her.  In  the 
midst  of  life  let  us  always  remember  we  are  in 
death.  ~  May  Jehovah  guide  you  by  His  counsel,  and 
afterward  receive  you  into  glory." 

A  convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
of  Virginia,  assembled  in  the  Monumental  Church,. 
Richmond,  on  Tuesday,  the  21st  May,  1816. 

"The  Riglit  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D. 
D.,  took  the  chair,  Mr.  Wm.  Munford  acting  as 
secretary. 

"Dr.  James  McClurg  attended  as  the  lay  deputy 
for  the  Monumental  Church. 

"  The  account  of  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  Wra.  Mun- 
ford, credits  the  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church  in 
the  city  of  Richmond,  by  Dr.  James  McClurg,  $15. 

"  Mr.  Hugli  Nelson,  from  the  committee  on  the 
subject  of  the  pai-ochial  reports,  presented  a  report:; 
'  That  in  the  Monumental  Church  in  Richmond,  such 


72  History  of  the 

has  been  the  success,  under  heaven,  of  the  pious  and 
venerable  bisliop  of  tliis  diocese  in  his  holy  labors, 
as  to  excite  in  us  the  most  lively  feelings  of  grati- 
tude to  the  o-reat  Author  of  our  relio-ion.  A  devout 
attendance  on  their  religious  duties,  and  a  spirit  of 
harmony  mark  the  conduct  of  the  members  of  this 
church  Communicants  to  the  number  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  surround  the  altar  of  tlie  living 
God." 

The  bishop,  in  his  address  to  the  convention,  says: 
"  My  own  congregation,  brethren,  continue,  by 
their  benevolent  efforts,  to  render  my  residence  in 
this  place  agreeable.  It  has  pleased  God  in  mercy 
to  raise  me  up  friends,  among  those  to  whom,  until 
lately,  I  was  an  entire  stranger.  May  their  friend- 
ship to  me  and  my  family  meet  its  due  reward  ;  may 
the  blessing  of  divine  love  Ije  their  pi-esent  and  eter 
nal  portion. 

"I  should  be  wanting  in  duty  were  I  to  pass  over 
in  silence  the  assistance  which  1  derived  from  the 
labours  of  ray  friend.  Dr.  Buchanan.  Though  ad- 
'vanced  in  years,  when  nature  requires  retirement  and 
Tepose,  he  engages  every  Sunday  in  the  discharge  of 
ithe  public  duties  of  the  ministry,  and  without  any 
reward,  except  that  which  arises  from  the  testimony 
of  Ids  own  conscience,  he  labors  in  the  gospel.  May 
his  remaining  days  be  crowned  with  happiness,  and 
his  last  end  be  the  end  of  the  righteous." 

18  17. 
The  convention  this  vear  assembled  in  the  town 


Monumental  Church.  73 

of  Fredericksburg  on  Tuesday,  the  6tli  of  May. 
Bishop  Moore  in  the  chair,  Mr.  Wni.  Munford,  Sec- 
retary. Col.  John  Ambler  attended  as  lay  deputy 
for  tlie  Monumental  Church. 

The  Treasurer,  Mr.  Munford,  credits  tlie  Monu- 
mental Church,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  by  Dr. 
McClurg,  $30. 

Mr.  Philip  Nelson,  from  the  committee  on  the 
subject  of  the  parochial  reports,  presented  a  report: 

"The  Monumental  Church  is  represented  to  be  in 
a  quiet  state, — communicants  increasing." 

1818. 

The  "convention  met  in  Winchester,  on  Tuesday,  the 
the  19)-h  of  May.  Bishop  Moore  presiding,  and 
Mr.  Wm.  Munford  acting  as  Secretary. 

On  Thursday,  the  21st,  the  bishop  informed  the 
convention  that  in  the  absence  of  John  Brocken- 
brough,  a  lay  deputy  appointed  by  the  vestry  of  the 
Monumental  Church  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  he, 
in  pursuance  of  a  vote  of  said  vestry,  certiiied  the 
appointment  of  William  Munford  to  act  as  lay 
deputy  for  that  church. 

The  Treasurer,  Mr.  Munford,  credits  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  by  Jolin 
Ambler,  $30. 

Rev.  George  Lemmon,  from  the  committee  on  tlie 
subject  of  parochial  reports,  presented  a  condensed 
statement : 

"The  Monumental  Church  is  in  tlie  same  state  as 
formerly, — communicants  increasing." 


74  History  of  the 

The  bishop,  in  his  address,  says  :  "  In  my  own 
parish,  brethren,  it  is  mj'  duty  to  mention  that  my 
people  continue  to  me  their  affectionate  regard  ;■ 
the  number  of  communicants  increase,  and  the  con- 
gregation is  very  respectable.  I  endeavor  to  secure 
the  affections  of  my  parishioners  by  a  faithful  atten- 
tion to  my  parochial  duties;  and  in  order  to  promote 
the  interests  of  the  church,  I  sometimes  lecture 
from  one  to  three  times  in  the  week,  independent  of 
my  Sabbath  exercises. 

"If  fidelity  to  God  and  to  tlieir  eternal  interests,, 
will  secure  to  me  the  blessing  of  heaven,  that  bless- 
ing, I  trust,  will  be  obtained." 

1819. 

The  convention  met  in  Petersburg,  on  Thursday,, 
the  13th  of  May  The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore 
took  the  chair  as  President,  Mr.  Munford  acting  as 
Secretary. 

Mr.  William  Mayo  attended  as  lay  deputy  for  the 
Monumental  (vhnrcli. 

The  Treasurer,  Mr.  Munford,  credits  Monumental- 
Church,  Richmond,  by  Bishop  Moore,  $30. 

Mr.  Wilmer,  from  the  standing  committee,  pre- 
sented a  report  of  the  money  collected  in  the  dif- 
ferent parishes  on  account  of  the  fund  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  Episcopate : 

"By  William  Mayo,  Esquire,  collection  in  the 
Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $200.66." 

The  Rev.  Oliver  Norris,  from  the  committee 
to  whom  the  parochial  reports  were  referred,  pre- 
sented the  following  report: 


Monumental  Church.  75 

"The  congregation  of  tlie  Monumental  Church 
continues  in  the  same  state  in  M^lii(;h  it  was  reported 
the  hist  year.  The  number  of  the  communicants 
increases,  and  several  of  the  most  valuable  of  tlie 
society  joined  the  altar  u)3on  the  last  Easter  Sunday. 
A  large  Sunday  school  has  been  established  in  this 
churcli." 

1820. 

The  convention  met  in  Alexandria,  on  Thursday, 
the  11th  of  May.  The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore 
took  the  chair,  Mr.  Munford  acting  as  Se(;retary. 

Mr.  William  Mayo  attended  as  lay  deputy  for  the 
Monumental  Church. 

The  Rev.  Oliver  Norris,  from  the  committee  to 
which  the  parochial  reports  were  referred,  presented 
the  following  condensed  report: 

"The  committee  are  informed  l)y  Bishop  Moore, 
that  although  in  tlie  Monuniental  Cliurch  in  the  city 
of  Richmond  he  does  not  perceive  any  peculiar  re- 
ligious excitement,  yet  it  is  with  infinite  pleasure  he 
can  say,  that  the  members  in  full  communion  pre- 
serve their  good  standing;  and  that  upon  every 
sacramental  occasion  there  is  some  small  increase 
of  members.  Tlie  congi-egation  are  regular  in  their 
attendance  upon  public  worship,  and  manifest  a  dis- 
position to  render  his  ministi-y  among  them  happy 
and  agreeable.  The  number  of  communicants  is 
about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  or  one  hundred 
and  thirty." 

182  1. 

The  convention  met  in  Norfolk,  on  Thursday,  the 
17th  day  of  May. 


76  History  of  the 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  delivered  a  sermon 
appropriate  to  tlie  occasion,  and  tlien  took  the  chair 
as  president  <.  f  tlie  convention,  Mr.  Munford  attend- 
ing as  secretary. 

The  Monumental  Cluirch  was  represented  by  Mr. 
William  Mayo  as  lay  deputy. 

The  Rev,  Enoch  M.  Lowe,  from  the  committee 
to  whom  the  parochial  reports  were  referred,  pre- 
sented a  report : 

"In  the  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  the  con- 
gregation are  steady  in  their  attendance  upon  divine 
worship.  At  the  administration  of  the  Lord's  sap- 
per the  greatest  solemnity  is  preserved,  and  some 
additional  members  generally  added.  They  are  af- 
fectionate to  their  pastor,  and  the  greatest  love  and 
harmony  prevail." 

18  2  2. 

The  convention  met  in  Charlottesville,  on  Thurs- 
day, the  16th  of  May.  The  Riglit  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore  took  the  Chair  as  President;  and  it  appear- 
ing tliat  Mr.  Wm.  Mnnford,  the  Secretary,  was  ab- 
sent, ordered  that  Edward  Colston,  Esq.,  act  as  Sec- 
retary jy;'(9  tevi2X)re. 

Mr.  William  Mayo  attended  as  tlie  lay  deputy  for 
the  Monumental  Church. 

It  appearing  that  Mr.  William  Mnnford,  the 
Treasurer  of  this  convention,  is  not  present,  on  mo- 
tion of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Meade — 

"  Ordered,  that  Mr.  Hugh  Mercer  be  appointed 
to  receive  and  account  for  to  the  Treasurei"  the  con- 
tributions of  the  several  parishes  to  the  contingent 


Monumental  Chdkch.  77 

fund  ;  whereupon  the  following  payments  were  paid, 
viz  :  By  William  Mayo,  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond city,  $30. 

"The  Rev.  George  Lemmon,  from  the  committee 
to  whom  were  referred  the  parochial  reports,  made 
the  following  report,  viz  :  '  The  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond ;  the  number  of  communicants  in  this 
church  have  increased  since  the  last  meeting  of  the 
convention.  A  Tuesday  lecture  has  been  established 
by  the  rector,  wliich  bids  fair  to  be  productive  of 
the  greatest  advantage:  and  the  congregation  are 
regular  in  their  attendance  upon  public  worship.' " 

On  the  19th  of  December,  in  this  year,  died,  in 
the  city  of  Richmond,  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan,  D. 
D.,  Rector  of  Henrico  Parish.  For  many  years 
prior  to  the  erection  of  the  Monumental  Church  he 
was  the  only  Episcopal  minister  in  Richmond.  To 
the  congreo-ation  of  that  church  on  Richmond  Hill, 
(now  called  St.  John's,)  he  was  as  familiar  as  the 
Bishop  liimself,  and  was  second  only  to  hitn  in  their 
affectionate  regard. 

The  private  and  official  relations  between  the 
Bishop  and  himself  were  of  the  most  intimate  and 
friendly  character. 

Before  coming  to  Richmond,  Dr.  Buclianan  was 
the  Rector  of  Lexington  Parish,  Amherst  Co., 
Yirginia,  the  duties  of  which  office  he  assumed  on 
the  1st  of  October,  1779,  as  appears  from  a  minute 
of  the  proceedings,  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  11th 
of  January,  1780,  as  follows,  viz : 


78  History  of  the 

"  The  vestry,  taking  into  consideration  the  dis- 
tressed situation  of  this  parisli  for  the  want  of  an 
orthodox  minister,  and  the  liev.  Mr.  Jolni  Buchanan, 
who  has  officiated  in  this  parish  as  pastor  to  the  same 
since  the  1st  October  last,  being  well  approved  of  as 
a  clergyman  of  what  is  commonly  called  the  church 
of  England,  this  vestry  do  unanimously  receive  him 
into  the  same  as  such;  and  as  a  proper  compensation 
for  his  services,  are  of  opinion  that  he  ought  to  re- 
ceive ten  thousand  pounds  of  net  tobacco  for  one 
year,  commencing  from  the  first  day  of  November 
last ;  and  this  vestry  do  conceive  it  their  indispen- 
sable duty  to  use  tlieir  best  endeavors  to  procure  the 
same,  by  promoting  subscriptions  for  tlie  voluntary 
contributions  thereof  from  the  friends  of  that  holy 
religion.  And  as  the  support  for  any  benefit  which 
any  civil  community  receives  from  tlie  advantage  of 
true  religion  ought  to  be  borne  equally  by  all,  the 
said  vestry  do  most  earnestly  recommend  to  the  in- 
habitants of  this  parish  to  sul)scribe  and  pay  to  some 
one  of  the  vestrj'  of  this  parish  twelve  pounds  net 
tobacco  per  tithe,  or  an  equivalent  in  money  for  the 
same,  for  each  tithe  in  tlieir  possession,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  Jul}'-  next.  And  this  vestry  do  pro- 
mise and  engage,  that  if  any  surplus  should  remain 
after  paying  the  said  ten  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco 
as  aforesaid,  that  the  same  shall  be  properly  applied 
to  the  use  of  the  church  towards  lessening  the  future 
necessary  burdens  of  the  same." 

Note  by  Col.  Ellis  : 

"  One  of  the  subscription  lists,  or  a  subsequent 


Monumental  Church.  79 

one,  dated  December  5,  1780,  is  in  my  possession, 
subscribed  to  by  my  grandfather,  tlie  late  Josiali 
Ellis,  of  Amherst  county,  who  for  twenty  five  years 
was  a  vestryman  in  that  parish,  by  his  bi'other,  Chas. 
Ellis,  and  others,  making  the  amount  subscribed 
three  hundred  pounds  of  inspected  tobacco,  or  its 
equivalent  in  money.'" 

Subsequent  to  the  last  mentioned  date,  he  came 
to  Richmond  to  act  as  an  assistant  minister  to  the 
Rev.  Miles  Selden,  then,  and  for  many  years  pre- 
viously, rector  of  Henrico  Parish  ;  he  was  at  the 
same  time  engaged  as  a  private  tutor  to  the  children 
of  Mr.  Jaquelin  Ambler,  in  whose  family  lie  had  a 
comfortable  home  for  ten  years  of  his  life. 

After  the  election  of  a  new  vestry,  under  the  in- 
corporating act  of  1784,  the  following  proceedings 
took  place  : 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry  of  Henrico  Parish  at 
the  Court  House  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  Tues- 
day, the  10th  day  of  May,  1785,  the  meeting  pro- 
ceeded to  elect  by  ballot  an  incumbent  for  the 
Parish  of  Henrico,  and  upon  the  examination  of  the 
ballots,  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan  was  found  to  be 
unanimously  elected. 

And  at  another  meeting,  to  wit,  June  25th,  1785: 

^'■Resolved,  That  until  a  report  shall  be  made  of 
the  amount  of  the  subscriptions,  (for  the  support  of 
the  minister,  clerk  and  sexton,  and  for  the  contingent 
expenses  of  the  church,)  and  until  the  further  order 
of  the  vestry,  it  be  tlie   duty  of   the    minister  to 


80  History  of  the 

preach  every  other  Sunday  in  Richmond  Church, 
(meaning  then  St.  Jolin's,)  and  on  the  intervening 
Sundays,  at  'Curl's,'  or  Deep  Run  Church,  in  due 
turn ;  but  the  cliurch  for  performing  of  Divine 
service  on  festivals,  is,  for  the  present,  submitted  to 
the  discretion  of  the  minister," 

At  the  meeting  of  the  convention  of  1786,  Dr. 
Buchanan  was  appointed  visitor  of  District  No.  4, 
containing  the  counties  of  Henrico,  Goochland  and 
Louisa,  for  asseml)ling  the  ministers  annually  in 
presbytery,  and  for  several  other  purposes,  as  set 
forth  in  tlie  eighth  canon. 

In  the  convention  of  1814,  "the  Rev.  Dr.  Buch- 
anan, who  has  executed  the  duties  of  treasurer  to 
the  general  church  for  nearly  thirty  years,  urging 
his  increased  years  and  consequent  infirmity,  de- 
clined a  re-appointment  to  the  office  of  treasurer  of 
the  church  in  the  diocese;  and  thereupon,  on  motion 
made  and  seconded,  the  convention  proceeded  to  the 
appointment  of  a  treasurer;  and  on  the  next  day, 
■  '■'■Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  convention  be 
returned  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Buchanan,  for  his 
long  and  faithful  services  as  treasurer  to  tlie  conven- 
tion of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Virginia. " 

In  the  convention  of  1821,  the  Rev.  John  S. 
Ravenscroft,  from  the  committee  appointed  to  ex- 
amine the  accounts  of  the  treasurer  of  the  widow's 
fund,  presented  a  report,  which  was  read  as  follows : 

"And  it  being  satisfactorily  ascertained   that  the 


Monumental  Church.  81 

Kev.  Dr.  Buchanan,  l>y  reason  of  age  and  infirmity, 
is  desirous  to  resign  the  office  of  treasurer,  and  sur- 
render the  funds  in  his  hands  ; 

"Your  committee  therefore  beg  leave  to  recom- 
mend that  the  amount  constituting  the  widow's 
fund  be  phxced  in  the  hands  of  a  treasurer,  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  this  convention." 

Death  of  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan,  D.  D. 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer^  December  21, 1822 : 
"Died. — At  1  o'clock  on  Wednesday  night,  the  Rev. 
John  Buchanan,  a  minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
and  for  forty  odd  years  a  resident  of  tliis  city.  He 
was  faithful  to  the  duties  of  a  minister  and  a  man." 

"Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  witli  all  thy  soul,  and  witli  all  thy  mind ; 
this  is  the  first  and  great  commandment.  And  the 
second  is  like  unto  it:  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor 
as  thyself.  On  these  two  commandments  hang  all 
the  law  and  the  prophets."  This  excellent  man 
seemed  to  have  these  two  laws  written  on  the  tablets 
of  his  heart. 

But  we  forbear  ;  a  biographical  sketch  is  promised 
us  for  Tuesday,  by  one  who  knew,  and  can  describe 
him  well.  He  was  buried  within  the  old  church 
(St.  John's)  to  the  right-hand  of  the  altar. 

From  the  Richmond  Commercial  Compiler,  De- 
cember 21,  1822: 

"  Communication. 
"  What  can  be  more  lamentable  than  to  record 
6 


82  History  of  the 

the  death  of  a  fellow-creature?  But  when  it  is  the 
•death  of  a  friend  to  God  and  man ;  when  it  is  the 
death  of  a  pious  and  zealous  advocate  for  the  prin- 
'ciples  of  Christianit}',  and  tlie  doctrines  of  the  church ; 
one  who  left  few  equals,  and  no  superior;  one  whose 
loss  is  literally  irreparable ;  how  much  more  is  it  to  be 
■deplored  ? 

"In  announcing  to  the  world  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
John  Buchanan,  we  feel  it  but  a  dream.  It  is  with 
difficulty  we  can  persuade  ourselves  that  we  are 
really  deprived  of  so  sood,  so  humane,  and  so  be- 
nevolent a  man.  Yet  it  is  true  that  Buchanan  has 
paid  the  last  debt  of  nature.  His  soul  has  fled  to 
the  regions  of  everlasting  bliss. 

"  Let  ns  not  repine  at  his  better  fate ;  and  yet 
how  is  it  possible  to  look  back  on  the  days  that  are 
past  without  shedding  one  tear  to  his  memory ! 

"Always  happy,  always  cheerful,  always  loving 
and  beloved .  He  was  the  very  soul  of  his  companions. 
From  the  aged  to  the  infant  he  was  beloved. 

"Although  in  good  circumstances  he  was  not 
wealthy ;  and  possessing  the  same  means,  there  never 
lived  a  man  who  bestowed  more  charities,  who  suc- 
coured the  distressed,  and  supplied  the  wants  ot  the 
needy,  more  than  the  subject  of  this  obituary.  Mr. 
Buchanan  has  been  a  resident  of  this  country  for 
upwards  of  fifty  years,  during  which  time  no  man 
<iould  be  more  universally  respected,  esteemed  and 
beloved.  As  a  minister  of  the  gospel  he  was  pure 
and  devout;  not  rigid,  yet  strict;  not  enthusiastic, 
yet  zealous. 


Monumental  Church.  83 

"After  a  gradual  decline  of  about  six  weeks,  he 
terminated  his  existence  on  Wednesday  night,  the 
IStli  instant,  in  tlie  T-ith  year  of  his  age. 

From  the  Coinpiler  of  Monday  23rd: 
"Yesterday  Bishop  Moore  delivered,  in  the  Mon- 
umental   Church,  an    instructive    and  affecting  dis- 
course on  the  occasion  of  the  Rev.  John  Buchanan's 
death." 

From  tlie  Enquirer  of  Tuesda}"-  the  24th  : 

"  Communication. 

"The  Rev.  John  Buchanan,  who  departed  this 
life  on  the  morning  of  the  19th  of  this  month,  was 
born  in  Scotland,  in  the  year  1748.  After  receiving 
a  liberal  education  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh, 
which  conferred  on  iiim  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  he  studied  law,  with  the  view  of  being  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  his  native  country;  but  not  being 
pleased  with  tlie  profession  chosen  for  him  by  his 
friends,  he  came  to  America,  and  joined  his  eldest 
brother,  the  late  Mr.  James  Buchanan,  who  was 
then  extensively  engaged  in  commerce  in  this  place. 

"It  was  soon  perceived  that  neither  his  early 
habits  nor  liis  turn  of  mind  fitted  him  for  mercan- 
tile pursuits;  and  his  own  inclination  concurring 
with  the  advice  of  his  brother  to  study  divinity,  he 
returned  to  Great  Britain  for  the  purpose  of  being 
invested  with  holy  orders. 

"After  accomplishing  this  object,  lie  again  came 
to  Virginia ;  but  tlie  war  of  our  revolution  was  then 


84  History  of  the 

commencing,  and  he  found  no  immediate  employ- 
ment as  a  clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Cliurch.  After 
passing  a  short  time  with  some  friends,  in  whose 
families  he  acted  as  a  private  tutor,  he  returned  to 
Richmond,  where  he  ofKciated  as  an  assistant  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Selden,  then  rector  of  the  parish  of  Hen- 
rico. 

"He  continued  to  perform  this  duty  until  the 
death  of  Mr.  Selden,  whom  he  succeeded  as  minis- 
.ter  of  the  parish. 

"Mr.  Buchanan  was  distinguished  as  a  classical 
scholar,  and  was  a  critical  judge  of  his  own  lan- 
guage. As  a  clergyman  he  was  greatly  approved. 
His  sermons,  which  were  excellent,  were  delivered 
with  perfect  propriety,  and  considerable  eloquence. 
As  a  reader  of  the  church  service,  he  had  no  supe- 
rior. His  attention  had  been  particularly  direcited 
to  this  department  of  his  sacred  function,  and  he 
was  master  of  it.  That  he  was  a  firm  believer  of 
the  doctrines  he  taught  need  scarcely  be  averred, 
because  he  was  an  honest  man,  incapable  of  guile. 
His  piety  was  always  cheerful — was  as  unostenta- 
tious as  it  was  unaffected;  and  the  kindness  of  his 
heart  permitted  no  asperity  of  feeling  to  mingle  it- 
self with  his  zeal.  Allowing  to  all  that  freedom  of 
conscience  which  he  claimed  for  himself,  he  saw  in 
every  sincere  professor  of  our  faith  a  Chiistian — in 
every  good  man  a  brother. 

"It  is  a  rare  instance  of  that  meek  and  tolerant 
spirit,  which  he  believed  to  be  inculcated  by  the  pre- 
cepts and  example  of  the  Saviour  whose  gospel  he 


Monumental  Church,  85 

preaelied,  that  for  many  years  himself  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Bhiir,  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
who  were  attracted  to  eacli  other  by  mutual  excel- 
lence, and  were  bound  to  each  other  in  the  strictest 
bonds  of  friendship,  delivered  sermons  alternately 
from  the  same  pulpit  to  almost  the  same  auditors; 
and  it  is  characteristic  of  the  principles  which  re- 
gulated his  professional  life,  that  after  the  improve- 
ment of  his  fortune  enabled  him  to  surrender  en- 
tirely to  his  estimable  friend  and  fellow  laborer  the 
scanty  subscription  made  by  their  congregation,  he 
continued  without  relaxation  to  perform  his  ac- 
customed duties.* 

"  To  the  last  moments  of  his  life  he  cherished  a 
grateful  recollection  of  tliose  from  whom,  while 
under  the  frowns  of  fortune,  he  had  received  kind- 
ness. 

"The  distinguisliing  features  of  Mr.  Buchanan's 
cliaracter,  which  rendered  him,  while  living,  and  will 
long  preserve  his  memory  in  the  tender  recollection 
of  those  who  knew  him,  were  singleness  of  heart, 
simplicity  of  manners,  and  genuine  benevolence. 

"These  qualities  entered  so  thoroughly  into  the 
structure  of  his  mind  as  to  be  at  the  same  time  deeply 
seated  in  liis  bosom  and  apparent  on  the  surface  of 
his  cojiduct. 

*NoTE. — The  Kev.  Dr.  Blair  was  the  father  of  a  large  and  most 
estimable  family,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan  was  single ;  and  it 
was  a  standing  anecdote  that  after  the  improvement  in  his  for- 
tune every  marriage  fee  which  Mr.  Buchanan  received  was  at 
once  carried  by  him  to  his  valued  Brother  Blair. 


86  History  of  the 

"Tliey  were  the  agents  wliicli  impelled,  controlled 
and  regulated  the  actions  or"  his  life.  They  were 
visible  to  the  transient  acquaintance,  and  were  felt 
by  the  intimate  friend.  His  benevolence  was  uni- 
versal. It  embraced  the  family  of  mankind,  but 
was  not  of  that  cold-blooded,  heartless  character 
whicl]  exhausts  itself  in  professions  of  general  phil- 
anthropy. It  strengthened  and  warmed  as  the 
circle  of  its  action  was  contracted.  It  was  active  in 
searching  out  distress,  and  delighted  with  relieving  it. 

"  In  the  early  part  of  his  life,  when  his  means  were 
very  limited, — at  a  more  advanced  period,  when  his 
fortunes  werelil)eral, — he  was  the  same  kind,  humane, 
and  charitable  man,  aiding  his  fellow-man  to  the  ex- 
tent of  his  power,  and  giving  consolation  to  the 
wretched. 

"In  every  situation,  and  at  every  time  of  his  life, 
'  to  the  homeless  child  of  want  his  hand  was  open 
still;'  and  like  the  clergyman  described  by  Gold- 
smith, of  whom  it  is  impossible  not  to  think  when 
drawing  the  character  of  Mr.  Buchanan, 

'  His  pity  gave  ere  charity  began.'  " 

From  the   Evangelical  and   Literary    Magazine^ 
edited  by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Rice,  Vol.  VI,  1823 : 
"  Communicated. 

"  In  the  death  of  the  late  Rev.  John  Buchanan 
our  city  has  been  deprived  of  an  individual  whose 
amiable  qualities  gave  him  a  place  in  the  affections 
of  all  wdio  knew  him. 

"His  disinterested  labors  form  aproof  of  his  attach- 


Monumental  Chueoh,  87 

ment  to  the  Redeemer  perfectly  conclusive,  and  the 
good  will  he  manifested  towards  all  men  is  an  evi- 
dence that  his  heart  was  influenced  by  the  spirit  of 
the  doctrines  he  inculcated. 

"The  author  of  this  feeble  tribute  of  attention 
knew  hiin  well,  and  it  is  with  truth  he  can  declare 
that,  of  all  men  with  whom  he  has  ever  been  ac- 
quainted, Buchanan  was  inferior  to  none  in  humility 
of  heart,  benevolence  of  disposition,  and  sincerity  of 
friendship.  His  loss  to  the  poor  will  perhaps  never 
be  tilled  by  any  other  man.  He  possessed  means  of 
relieving  the  distressed,  and  when  the  appeals  of 
the  afflicted  met  his  ear,  Buchanan's  heart  vibrated 
with  sympathy,  and  his  purse  furnished  the  necessary 
supplies.  It  onl}^  remains  to  add,  that  he  was  one 
of  the  founders,  and  tlie  first  President,  of  tlie  Bible 
Society  of  Virginia,  which  was  instituted  in  this  city 
in  the  year  1813;  an  office  which  he  held,  by  annual 
election,  until  advancing  age  and  increasing  infirmi- 
ties induced  him  to  decline  a  re-election." 

The  Board  of  Managers,  as  recently  as  their  fifty- 
third  annual  report,  made  a  grateful  reference  to 
his  services  in  this  connection. 

182  3. 

The  convention  assembled  in  Leesburg,  on  Tues- 
day, the  13th  of  May. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Right  Rev.  Richard  Chan- 
ning  Moore,  D.  D.,  who  was  prevented  from  attend- 
ing by  the  sickness  of  his  family,  the  Rev.  William 
H.  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  was  eleeted  by  joint  ballot  of  the 


88  History  of  the 

clerical  and  la_y  deputies  president,  pro  te^npore  ;  Mr. 
Mnnford  acting  as  secretary. 

Ml".  Wm.  Mayo  attended  as  a  lay  deputy  from  the 
Monumental  Churcli. 

At  this  convention,  as  well  as  the  previous  con- 
ventions of  1820,  1821  and  1822,  Mr.  Mayo  was 
elected  by  ballot  one  of  the  eiglit  delegates  to  repre- 
sent tins  diocese  in  the  approaching  General  Con- 
vention, He  was  also  elected  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary. 

18  2  4. 

The  convention  met  in  Staunton  on  Thursday,  the 
20th  of  May. 

The  Right  Eev.  Bishop  Moore,  D.  D.,  took  the 
-chair  as  President. 

Mr.  Jolin  G.  Williams  attended  as  tlie  lay  deputy 
for  ihe  Monumental  Church. 

''On  motion,  resolved,  that  Mr.  John  G.  Williams 
ibe  appointed  Se(;retary  to  tliis  convention. 

''On  motion,  resolved,  that  Mr.  Robert  Greenhow 
be  appointed  Treasurer  to  this  convention." 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  of- 
fered by  the  E-ev.  Wm.  Meade,  and  ui.animously 
adopted : 

■^'Whereas,  Mr.  Wm.  Munford,  who  has  for  many 
years  served  the  convention  as  Secretary  and  Trea- 
surer, has  signified  l)y  letter  his  wish  to  resign  these 
■charges,  it  is  hereby — 

''^Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  convention  be 
returned  to  him  for  the  oblionnij  and  faithful  man- 


Monumental  Church.  89 

ner  in  whicli  he  has  performed  tlie  duties  of  the 
said  olfices ;  and  that  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore 
be  requested  to  express  the  same  to  him,  in  the 
name  of  the  convention,  and  to  add  their  best  wishes 
for  his  prosperity  and  liappiness." 

The  Secretary  received  the  folhjwing  contribu- 
tions from  sundry  parishes  in  the  diocese,  viz : 
Monumental  Cliurch,  Richmond,  $30. 

Mr.  William  Mayo  was  elected  one  of  the  dele- 
gates to  the  next  general  convention. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Hatch,  from  the  com- 
mittee to  whom  the  parochial  reports  were  referred, 
presented  a  report,  viz : 

"  It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  rector  of  the 
Monumental  Church  in  tlie  city  of  RicJimond  in- 
forms the  convention  that  tlie  state  of  his  congrega- 
tion is  ver}"  promising. 

"A  Bible  class  w^as  instituted  by  him  the  last 
winter,  which  has  been  uniformly  well  attended.  It 
consisted  of  from  eighty  to  a  hundred  ladies,  whose 
religious  deportment  was  highly  pleasing,  and  who, 
from  the  readiness  with  which  they  answered  the 
questions  proposed  to  them,  must  have  closely 
studied  the  subjects  under  consideration. 

"The  number  of  communicants  slowly  increases. 
The  congregations  are  uniform  in  their  attendance 
upon  Divine  worship,  and  devout  in  their  behaviour. 

"Tlie  rector  closes  his  report  by  recommending 
to  tlie  clergy  the  institution  of  Bible  classes  in  their 
respective  parishes,  and  to  be  diligent  in  their  cate- 
chetical instructions  to  the  children  belonging  to 
their  congregations. 


90  History  of  the 

"Comnmnieants,  one  hundred  and  thirty." 

The  foUowmg  preamble  and  resolution  were  of- 
fered by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Meade,  and  adopted: 

"  Whereas,  the  Bishop  has  signified  to  the  con- 
vention his  desire  and  intention  of  employing  an  as- 
sistant, which  is  now  rendered  absolutely  necessary 
to  the  discharge  of  his  Episcopal  duties  in  this  dio- 
cese, and  that  he  is  willing  to  pay  one-half  of  the  as- 
sistant's salary  out  of  his  own  purse  ;  therefore, 

"  Resolved,  Tliat  as  soon  as  the  Bishop  shall  have 
obtained  an  assistant  he  communicate  the  same  to 
the  ministers  and  vestries,  stating  what  would  be 
needful  on  their  part  to  the  support  of  said  assistant, 
and  making  such  a  representation  of  all  the  cu'cum- 
stances  of  the  case  as  he  may  deem  most  effectual. "^ 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer,  Tuesday,  August 
10,1824: 

"  Death  of  Mrs.  Moore. 

"Died,  in  this  city,  on  Friday  last,  Mrs.  Moore, 
the  beloved  and  lamented  consort  of  the  Right  Rev. 
Richard  Channing  Moore.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Wilmer 
preached  an  affecting  funeral  discourse  on  Sunday." 

This  lady,  the  second  wife  of  Bishop  Moore,  vva& 
Miss  Sarah  Missanau,  of  Staten  Island, 

Letter  from  the  Bishop  to  one  of  his  sons,  on  tlie 
occasion  of  Mrs.  Moore's  death  : 

•'August  11,  1824. 
"My  Dear  Son. — The  long  indisposition  of  your 
dear  mother  has  been  brouojht  to  a  termination  :  and 


Monumental  Church.  91 

slie  has  bid  an  adieu  to  all  her  ailments,  and  entered 
into  the  joy  of  her  Lord. 

"The  tranquility  and  composure  with  whicli  she 
met  her  dissolution  forms  another  evidence  to  the 
many  I  have  heard  of  the  power  of  a  saving  faith, 
and  of  that  belief  in  the  promises  of  God  which  in- 
spires the  soul  with  confidence,  and  tlie  mind  with 
perfect  assurance  in  His  word. 

"To  the  inquiries  I  repeatedly  made  of  her  rela- 
tive to  the  state  of  her  mind,  slie  uniformly  assured 
me  tliat  she  had  not  a  doubt  of  her  acceptance  with 
God,  and  that  lier  prosj)ects  were  perfectly  clear. 

"When  I  called  lier  attention  to  the  declaration 
of  the  Psalmist,  'Though  I  walk  through  the  valley 
and  sliadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no  evil,'  she  looked 
at  me  with  an  eye  beaming  with  life,  and  a  counte- 
nance clothed  witli  a  heavenly  smile,  and  then  said» 
'  There  is  no  evil  here.' 

"Her  understanoing  to  the  last  moment  was  un- 
disturbed, and  I  do  not  believe  tliat  her  reason  left 
her  until  the  breath  left  lier  body.  Slie  placed,  a 
few  moments  before  lier  death,  her  hands  upon  her 
breast,  and  from  the  motion  of  her  lips  it  was  evident 
that  she  was  engaged  in  prayer,  after  which  she  raised 
her  eyes  to  heaven,  and  exclaimed,  '  Come,  Lord 
Jesus,  come  quickly  !' 

"  She  died  witliout  tlie  movement  of  a  finger. 

"In  a  conversation  she  held  witli  me  the  morning 
preceding  her  dissolution,  her  children  formed  the 
object  of  her  solicitude,  and  she  requested  me  to 
press  religion  upon  their  consciences.      Her  funeral 


92  History  of  the 

was  attended  with  every  mark  of  respect,  and  Dr. 
Wiliiier,  who  had  come  upon  a  visit  to  me,  preached 
upon  the  occasion,  the  day  following,  which  was  Sun- 
day, the  8th  instant,  from  these  words,  '  Watchman, 
what  of  the  night  V 

"  Her  remains  are  interred  in  my  church  yard, 
the  first  burial  which  lias  taken  place  within  that  so- 
lemn enclosure. 

"  Your  affectionate  father, 

"  Richard  Channing  Moore." 

From  the  Richmond  Enquirer^  Friday,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1824: 

"  General  La  Fayette. 

"On  Sunday  he  attended  Divine  service  in  the 
Monumental  Church,  when  an  unconnnonly  large 
congregration  attended,  and  a  prayer  was  offered  by 
the  Right  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore,  D.  D  ,  bishop  of  the 
diocese,  for  tlie  happiness  of  himself  and  family." 

1825. 

The  convention  assembled  in  the  Monumental 
Church  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  Thursday,  May 
19th. 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  D.  D.,  took  the 
chair  as  President;  Mr.  John  Gr.  Williams  acting 
as  Secretary. 

The  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  appeared  and  took  his  seat  as 
a  member  of  the  convention. 

Mr.  William  Mayo   and   Mr.  John   G.  Williams 


Monumental  Church,  93 

attended   as  the  lay   deputies   of    the  Monumental 
Church. 

The  Kight  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  delivered  to  the 
convention  the  following  pastoral  address: 

"At  the  last  convention,  an  arrangement  was 
made  for  the  procuring  an  assistant  in  this  parish, 
in  order  to  enable  me  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  the 
diocese. 

"The  assistant  contemplated  has  been  called,  and 
is  now  a  member  of  this  convention. 

"I  have  promised  to  pay  him  $500  annually  out 
of  my  salary,  and  the  last  convention  pledged  them- 
selves for  a  similar  sum. 

"  1  mention  these  circumstances  in  order  that  the 
parishes  may  take  such  measures  to  raise  their  pro- 
portion of  the  salary  as  they  may  consider  expedient 
in  the  case. 

"May  God  in  tender  mercy,  my  beloved  brethren, 
preside  in  the  council  of  His  church,  direct  us  in  all 
our  doings,  and  further  us  with  His  continual  help." 

On  motion,  the  Secretary  received  the  following 
contributions  from  sundry  parishes  of  this  diocese  : 

"Monumental  Church,  city  of  Richmond,  $30." 

Mr.  Wm.  Mayo  was  elected  one  of  the  delegates 
to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  general  convention  ; 
also  was  nominated  to  the  general  convention  as  one 
of  the  trustees  of  the  General  Theological  Seminary. 

The  Rev.  Edwd.  C.  McGuire,  from  the  committee 
to  whom  the  parochial  reports  were  referred,  pre- 
sented the  following  report: 

"  Monumental   Church. — The   rector  reports  the 


94  History  of  the 

congregation  as  in  tlie  same  state  as  at  the  last  con- 
vention." 

1826. 

Tiie  convention  met  in  Lynchburg,  on  Thnrsdaj, 
the  ISth  of  May.  Bishop  Moore  in  the  chair;  Mr. 
John  G.  Williams,  Secretary. 

Tlie  Rev.  E-o.  B  Croes,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  attended  as  one  of  the  clergy ; 
Mr.  John  G.  Williams  as  lay  deputy  from  the  Monu- 
mental Church. 

The  Secretary  received  the  following  contribu- 
tions from  sundry  parishes  of  this  diocese  for  tlie 
contingent  fund  : 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $30." 

The  Rev.  Rnel  Keith,  from  the  committee  to 
whom  vs^ere  referred  tlie  parocliial  reports,  presented 
the  following  report: 

"Monumental  Church,  Riclimond.  —  Communi- 
cants about  140. 

"The  Sunday-school  connected  with  this  parish  is 
in  a  flourishing  condition — consisting  of  more  than 
one  hundred  children ;  and  through  the  laudable  exer- 
tions of  several  young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  the  former 
of  whom  have  devoted  much  time  to  the  prosecuting 
of  their  undertaking,  bids  fair  to  become  a  fruitful 
nursery  of  pure  and  undefiled  religion. 

"The  education  society  has  contributed  liberally 
during  the  past  year  to  the  funds  of  the  parent  in- 
stitution, and  has  now  at  its  disposal  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

"A  Bible  class  of  young  men   has  been  formed, 


Monumental  Church.  95 

the  members  of  which,  though  few  in  number,  pur- 
sue their  studies  with  zeal  and  diligence;  and  in  the 
course  of  the  ensuing  season  it  is  contemplated  to 
revive  the  female  class,  the  exercises  of  which,  from 
various  causes,  have  of  late  been  suspended." 

Mr.  Wilham  Mayo  was  elected  one  of  the  dele- 
gates to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  next  general 
convention. 

18  2  7. 

The  convention  met  in  Fredericksburg,  on  Thurs- 
day, the  17th  of  May.  Bishop  Moore  presiding ; 
Mr.  John  G.  Williams  acting  as  Secretary. 

The  Rev.  Ro.  B.  Croes,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  one  of  the 
clergy;  Mr.  John  G.  Williams  attending  as  the  lay 
deputy  for  the  Monumental  Church. 

The  Secretary  received  the  following  contribu- 
tions from  sundry  parishes  for  the  contingent  fund: 
Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $30, 

The  Rev,  Mr.  Croes,  from  the  committee  to  whom 
were  referred  the  parochial  reports,  presented  the 
following  report : 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond.  —  Communi- 
cants (thirteen  added),  about  one  hundred  and  fifty. 
Baptisms  (of  adults,  one  ;  of  children,  twenty-four), 
twenty-five.  Sunday-school  scholars,  about  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five. 

"  The  spiritual  concerns  of  this  parish,  it  is  be- 
lieved, are  improving.  An  increased  attention  to 
religion  has,  within  a  few  months,  manifested  itself, 
especially  among  the  younger  members  of  the  con- 


96  History  of  the 

gregation  ;  and  on  the  approaching  celebration  of 
the  communion  it  is  expected  that  several  persons 
will  come  forward,  and  for  the  first  time  testify 
their  lov^e  to  tlieir  Saviour,  bj^  partaking  of  those  sym- 
bols which  were  designed  to  be  means  of  grace,  and 
pledges  to  assure  us  of  God's  acceptance. 

"  The  Sunday-school  is  flourishing.  This  school 
(in  conjunction  with  that  of  Henrico  Parish,  consti- 
tuting the  Richmond  Episcopal  Sunday-school  So- 
ciety,) has  lately  become  auxiliarj^  to  the  very  impor- 
tant institution  lately  established  by  the  members  of 
the  general  convention,  entitled  '  The  General  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  Union.' 

"  To  the  credit  of  tlie  male  teachers  of  the  Rich- 
mond Union  it  ought  to  be  mentioned  that,  in  the 
course  of  the  past  year,  they  have  published  an  ad- 
dition to  the  Rev.  Titus  Strong's  very  popular  letters, 
entitled  'A  Candid  Examination  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,'  which  liave  been  extensively  distributed 
through  the  diocese,  and  produced  the  good  effect 
of  exciting  a  spirit  of  enquirj''  to  the  claims  of  our 
communion,  and  of  strengthening  tlie  attachment  of 
many  to  the  faith  and  order  of  the  gospel,  as  main- 
tained by  apostolic  and  primitive  men. 

"  Richard  Channing  Moore," 

182  8. 

The  convention  met  in  Petersburg,  on  Thursday, 
the  15th  of  May.  The  Bishop  in  the  chair ;  Mr. 
John  G.  Williams,  secretary. 

The  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  assistant  minister  of 


Monumental  Chukch,  97 

the  Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  one  of  the 
clei-gj. 

Mr.  ^Ym.  Mayo  and  Mr.  John  G.  Williams  at- 
tended as  the  lay  deputies  from  the  Monumental 
Church. 

The  secretary  received  for  the  contingent  fund 
from  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $30. 

Tlie  Bishop  delivered  the  following  pastoral  ad- 
dress : 

"Before  I  conclude,  there  is  one  more  point  to 
which  I  think  it  my  duty  to  call  the  attention  of  this 
convention,  and  as  a  year  must  necessarily  elapse 
before  a  final  determination  of  the  question  can  take 
j)lace,  we  shall  have  full  time  allowed  us  for  reflec- 
tion and  consideration. 

"Although  my  labors  the  past  year  have  been 
equal  to  the  labors  of  any  preceding  twelve  months, 
it  is  impossible  for  me  to  calculate  upon  a  long  con- 
tinuance of  such  effort  and  exertion. 

"It  is  my  wish,  provided  the  convention  should 
think  proper,  so  to  alter  the  constitution  of  the 
church  as  to  admit  of  the  consecration  of  either  a 
suffragan  or  an  assistant  bishop  in  this  diocese.  It 
was  proposed  several  years  ago,  in  consequence  of 
the  great  extent  of  this  diocese,  to  divide  it  into  two 
parts,  in  order  that  the  parishes  might  receive  epis- 
copal visitations  more  frequently  than  is  prescribed 
by  the  canons. 

"As  this  purpose  can  be  secured  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  suffragan  or  an  assistant  bishop,  I  would 
recommend  it  to  the  convention  so  to  alter  the  con- 
stitution as  tlie  secure  "the  contemplated  measure. 


!&8  History  of  the 

"  It  is  mv  sincere  desire  that  a  bishop  should  be 
appointed  during  my  life;  and  as  such  an  appoint- 
ment can  now  be  made  with  perfect  unanimit}^,  it  is 
•expedient  that  it  should  be  done.  It  M'ill  give  me 
pleasure  to  unite  in  labor  with  the  man  of  your 
■choice.  It  will  render  me  happy  in  the  hour  of  my 
departure,  to  know  the  individual  to  whom  I  am  to 
resign  the  arduous  duties  of  the  Episcopate, — to 
whose  (5are  this  peaceful,  quiet  diocese  shall  be  com- 
mitted. May  the  Almighty  direct  us  in  all  our 
doings,  with  His  most  gracious  favor,  and  further  us 
with  His  continual  help." 

The  committee  on  tlie  state  of  the  church  unani- 
mously agreed  to  a  report  in  accordance  with  the 
bishop's  wishes,  and  presented  a  resolution  conform- 
able thereto,  which  was  adopted. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Winglield,  from  the  commit- 
tee to  whom  were  referred  the  parochial  reports, 
presented  the  following  report : 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond. 

"  Since  the  last  convention  twenty-one  communi- 
-cants  have  been  added  ;  six  have  removed,  and  two 
;have  died ;  present  number,  165.  Sixty  persons 
have  bQen  confirmed  ;  of  baptisms,  there  have  been 
fQi-ty — three  of  adults,  and  thirty-seven  of  infants. 

"The  Sunday-school,  which  is  in  connection  with 
the  general  Protestant  Episcopal  Sunday-school 
Union,  and  pursues  tlie  system  of  instruction  re- 
'Commended  by  that  society,  is  more  flourishing  than 
at  any  former  period.     The  number  of  scholars  is 


Monumental  Church.  99 

177.  The  snperintendent  and  teachers  are  active 
and  diligent  in  the  discharge  of  their  dnties,  and 
manifest  more  than  an  ordinary  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  the  school  of  which  they  have  the  supervision. 
As  an  evidence  of  the  favorable  regard  which  is  be- 
stowed upon  this  institution,  it  ought  to  be  mentioned 
that  through  the  liberality  of  a  few  individuals,  a 
very  respectable  library  has  lately  been  formed,  and 
that  the  first  superintendent  has  just  contracted  for 
the  erection  of  a  building,  to  cost  $800,  for  the  use 
of  the  school — one-halt  of  wliich  he  advances  on  his 
own  responsibility. 

"In  addition  to  this  mode  of  instruction,  religious 
knowledge  is  comnninicated  by  the  assistant  minister, 
through  the  medium  of  Bible  and  catechetical  classes, 
M'ho  meet  once  every  week  ;  the  senior-class  of  ladies 
consisting  of  twenty  members;  tlie  junior-class  of 
males  and  females,  between  the  ages  of  eleven  and 
sixteen,  consisting  of  fifty ;  and  the  class  of  cate- 
chumens consisting  of  about  twenty-five. 

"A  meeting  is  held  every  week  in  a  private  house, 
in  which  a  sliort  service  froui  the  liturgy  is  used,  and 
a  lecture  delivered.  As  tlie  rector  has  discovered 
great  advantages  to  attend  such  social  meetings,  he 
begs  leave  to  recommend  the  observance  of  them  to 
all  the  clergy  of  the  diocese. 

RlCHAED  ChANNING  MoOKE." 

1829. 
The  convention  met  in  Charlottesville  on  Wed- 
nesday, 20th  May. 


100  History  of  the 

The  Right  JRev.  Bishop  Moore  being  prevented  by 
indisposition  from  attending,  the  Rev.  William 
Meade,  D.  D.,  was  elected,  by  joint  ballot  of  the 
clerical  and  lay  delegates,  President,  pro  teyripore ,' 
Mr.  Williams,  Secretary. 

The  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  assistant  minister  of 
the  Monumental  Cluirch,  took  his  seat  as  one  of  the 
clergy. 

Mr.  William  Mayo  and  Mr.  John  G.  Williams  at- 
tended as  the  lay  deputies  from  the  Monumental 
Church. 

The  secretary  received  for  the  contingent  fund 
from  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $30. 

On  motion,  lie-solved,  unanimously,  that  the  con- 
vention having  received  intelligence  of  the  illness  of 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  deeply  regret  liis  ab- 
sence, and  sympathise  with  him  in  his  affliction. 

The  convention,  on  motion,  proceeded  to  the  con- 
sideration of  the  resolution  adopted  at  the  last  con- 
vention, proposing  to  annul  and  abolish  the  first  sen- 
tence of  the  sixth  article  of  the  constitution. 

And  on  the  question  being  put  upon  agreeing  to 
the  proposed  resolution,  the  same  was  carried  in  the 
affirmative — ayes,  45  ;  noes,  17.  # 

Mr.  Hugh  Nelson  offered  the  following  resolution, 
which,  on  motion,  was  laid  upon  the  table: — 

'''-Resolved,  That  this  convention  deem  it  expedient, 
considering  the  age  and  bodily  infirmity  of  our  most 
venerated  Bishop,  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  an 
assistant  bishop,  who  is  not  to  be  considered  as  en- 
titled to  the  succession  :  but    tluit  it   shall  be  the 


Monumental  Church,  101 

right  and  duty  of  the  convention  of  the  diocese  of 
Virginia,  on  tlie  demise  of  our  venerated  Bishop,  to 
proceed  to  the  election  of  a  principal  bishop,  as  a 
successor  to  the  said  deceased  Bishop." 

On  Saturday,  May  the  23rd,  the  Hev.  William 
Meade,  President  ^jr^)  tempore^  being  absent,  the 
Rev.  Edward  C.  McGuire  was  called  to  the  chair. 

The  convention  then  proceeded  on  motion  to  the 
consideration  of  the  resolution  offered  yesterday  by 
Mr.  Hugh  ]!^elson,  and  on  the  question  being  taken, 
the  same  was  carried  in  the  affirnjative — ayes,  50  ; 
noes,  13. 

The  convention  then  proceeded,  agreeably  to  the 
resolution  last  adopted,  and  the  fifth  article  of  the 
constitution,  to  the  election  of  an  assistant  bishop, 
after  secret  prayer  to  God. 

The  clergy  then  proceeded  to  nominate  and  ap- 
point by  ballot  some  fit  and  qualified  clergyman  for 
that  oflice ;  and  on  counting  the  ballots,  there  were 
found  twenty  five  votes  in  favor  of  tlie  Rev.  William 
Meade,  D.  D.,  and  two  blank  ballots,  so  that  the 
Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.  was  declared  to  be  duly 
nominated  and  appointed  by  the  clergy;  and  then 
the  said  appointment  was  presented  to  the  order  of 
the  lay  delegates,  and  upon  a  ballot  being  taken 
among  them,  there  were  found  in  favor  of  the  Rev. 
William  Meade,  D.  D.,  thirty-six  votes,  being  the 
whole  nund)er  of  votes  given  in  ;  and  thereupon,  the 
Rev.  William  Meade  was  declared  to  be  duly  elected. 

"  On  motion.  Resolved^  That  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  announce  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Meade  his  election 


102  History  of  the 

to  the  office  of  assistant  bisliop  of  tliis  diocese  ;  and 
thereupon  the  Rev.  Henry  Ducacliet  and  Mr.  Hugh 
Nelson  were  appointed.  The  committee  retired, 
and  after  some  time  returned  and  i-eported  that  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Meade  had  consented  to  accept  the  office. 

"The  members  of  the  convention  then  proceeded 
to  sign  the  testimonials  in  favor  of  the  Rev.  William 
Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop  elect. 

"  We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensi- 
ble how  important  it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of 
a  bishop  should  not  be  unworthily  conferred,  and 
firmly  pursuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  testi- 
mony on  this  solemn  occasion,  without  partiality  or 
affection,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God, 
testify  that  the  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  is  not, 
so  far  as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to  evil  report, 
either  for  error  in  religion  or  for  visciousness  in  life ; 
and  that  we  do  not  know  or  believe  tliere  is  any  im- 
pediment on  account  of  which  he  ought  not  to  be 
consecrated  to  that  holy  office.  We  do,  moreover, 
jointly  and  severally  declare,  that  we  do  in  our  con- 
sciences believe  him  to  be  of  such  sufficiency  in  good 
learning,  such  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  of  such 
virtuous  and  pure  manners  and  godly  conversation, 
that  he  is  apt  and  meet  to  exennse  the  office  of  a 
Bishop  to  the  honor  of  God  and  the  edifying  of  His 
church,  and  to  be  a  wholesome  example  to  the  flock 
of  Christ." 

The  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  from  the  committee  on 
parochial  reports,  presented  the  following  report : 


Monumental  Church.  103 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond. 

"  Communicants. — Six  deceased,  twelve  removed, 
nineteen  added ;  present  number  one  hundred  and 
seventy. 

"  Baptisms. — In  the  last  year  about  thirty-five, 
of  which  one  was  an  adult ;  Sunday  scholars,  one 
hundred  and  seventy-live,  diligently  instructed  by 
ten  male  and  nineteen  female  teachers. 

"  Weekly  services  are  held  either  in  the  church  or 
the  new  and  commodious  Sunday-school  room. 

"The  assistant  minister  continues  his  exercises 
with  the  catechetical  class  and  the  two  Bible  classes, 
the  number  of  meuibers  of  which  is  about  the  same 
as  reported  last  year.  Much  praise  is  due  to  the  su- 
perintendents and  teachers  of  the  Sunday-school, 
who,  by  tlie  aid  of  the  excellent  system  of  instruc- 
tion provided  by  the  General  Episcopal  Sunday 
school  Union,  and  the  useful  magazines  isfjued  by 
that  Society,  have  been  able  very  materially  to  im- 
prove the  general  character  and  discipline  of  the 
scliool.  To  the  credit  of  the  congregation  it  ought 
to  be  mentioned,  that  in  the  course  of  tlie  last  two 
years  they  have  contributed  at  least  $4,650  for  pur- 
poses connected  with  the  church,  in  addition  to  their 
ordinary  expenses,  which  are  not  light,  viz :  For 
furnishing  the  monument,  1^1,200;  for  the  Sunday- 
school  room,  !^900  ;  for  the  Theological  Seminary 
and  Education  Society,  about  $2,200  ;  and  for  do- 
mestic and  foreign  missionar}^  society  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  $850. 
"  Richard  Channing  Moore." 


104:  History  of  the 

At  this  convention,  the  society  called  the  "  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Missionary  Society  of  the  Diocese  of 
Virginia,"  was  established,  of  which  the  Bishop  was 
made  ex  officio  tlie  president;  and  the  convention 
having  proceeded  to  the  election  of  the  officers  and 
executive  committee  of  the  society,  Mr.  John  Gr. 
Williams  was  elected  secretary,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Nelson,  treasurer. 

The  Eight  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  of  Vir- 
ginia, twenty-second  in  succession  of  American 
bishops,  was  consecrated  in  St.  James'  Church,  Phil- 
adelpliia,  on  Wednesday,  August  19th,  1829,  by  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  White.  The  Riglit  Rev.  Bishops 
Hobart,  Griswold,  Moore,  Croes,  Browuell,  and 
Ouderdork.  being  present  and  assisting. 

A  list  of  the  communicants  of  the  Monumental 
'Church,  prepared  by  the  Rev.  Roi>ert  B.  Croes,  in 
■the  year  1829,  and  revised  by  him  in  the  year  1859, 
•  copied  from  a  pai'ochial  report  or  register,  which 
'was  provided  by  the  Rev.  William  Norwood,  after 
ithe  death  of  Bishop  Moore,  (alphabetically  arranged 
:and  corrected,  and  remarks  added  by  T.  H.  Ellis,) 
viz: 

Mrs.  John  Adams,  (died  Feb.  28,  Mrs.  Amos  Arnold. 

1829.)  "     Elisha  Baker. 
Mrs.  John  Allan.  Miss    Nancy    Bernard,     (after- 
"     Wm.  H.  Allen.  wards  Mrs.  Judge  Peter  John- 
Col.  John  Ambler,  (died  April  8,  ston. ) 

1836.)  Mrs.  Archibald  Blair. 

Mrs.' John  Ambler,  (died  June  "      Beverley  Blair. 

l.^,  1846.)  ''      John    Blair,      (afterwards 

Mr.  Amos  Arnold  Mrs.  Richard  Anderson.) 


Monumental  Church. 


105 


Mrs.  Mary  Blair. 
♦'      John  Minor  Botts. 

Mr.  Henry  Bradish. 

Mrs.  Judith  Bradley. 

Miss  Betsy  Brockenbrongh,  (af- 
terwards Mrs.  McGnire.) 

Mrs.  John  Brockenbrough. 
"      Margaret   Brooks,  (widow 
of  Z.  Brooks.) 

Miss  Frances  M.  Brown,  (daugh- 
ter of  James  Brown,  Jr.,  2nd 
Auditor. ) 

Mrs.  James  Brown,  Jr. 

Miss  Mary  E.  Brown,  (afterwards 
Mrs.  De  Witt.) 

Dr.  Bagby. 

Mrs.  David  Bullock. 

Miss  Fanny  Burwell,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  Alexander,  of 
Monroe  Co.) 

Mr  Lewis  Burwell,  (died  Aug. 
24,  1833.) 

Mrs.  Lewis  Burwell,  (died  July 
30,  1849.) 

Mrs.  William  Burke. 
"     Elizabeth  F.Cabell,  (widow 
of  Dr.  George  Cabell.) 

Mrs.  Lucy  N.  Call,  (widow  of 
Daniel  Call.) 

Mrs.  Dabuey  Carr,  (died  May 
28,  1838.) 

Miss  Nancy  Carr,  (aftei-wards 
Mrs.  Conrad.) 

Mrs.  Edward  Carrington. 
"      Maria  Carter. 

Miss  Sallie  Carter. 

Mrs.  Martha  Chamberlayne. 
"      Peter   J.    Chevallie,   (died 
Aug.  26,  1865.) 

Miss  Betsy  Coles. 


Mrs.  Jane  Colston. 
Miss  Lucy  Ann  Colston. 
Mrs.  Charles  Copland. 

"      Ann  Cringan. 

"      Mary   Ann  Crump,   (after- 
wards Mrs.  Wm.  Wren.) 
Mrs.  Caroline  Currie. 
Mr.  Joseph  Danf  orth,  (died  Nov. 

11,  1844.) 
Mrs.  Joseph  Danforth. 

"      Peter  DeForrest. 

"      Elizabeth  F.  Denoon. 
Mr.  Thomas  H.  Drew,  (died  Oct. 

9,  1878.) 
Mrs.  Ann  Dyball. 
Miss   Catherine   Dyball,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  Beaumont.) 
Miss  Harriet  Dyball,  (afterwards 

Mis.  Joseph  Sinton.) 
Miss  Fanny  Eggleston. 
Mrs.  Frances  Edwards. 

"      Fairfax. 
Miss  Betsy  Fisher,  (died  Jan.  24, 

1843. 
Mrs.  George  Fisher,  (died  June 

28,  1832.) 
Miss    Lucy  M.  Fisher,    (after- 
wards Mrs.  Dr.  Norton.) 
Miss  Mary  Fleming. 
Mrs.  Jamos  Gait. 
Mr.  Patrick  Gibson. 
Mrs.  Patrick  Gibson. 

"      Kichard  C.  Gilliam. 
Mr.  William  Gilliat. 
Mrs.  William  Gilliat. 

"      Joseph  Goode. 
Mr.  Eobert  Greenhow. 
Mrs.  Kobert  Greenhow. 

"      Griffith. 
Mr.  f  Jacob  Hall. 


106 


History  of  the 


Mrs.    Jacob    Hall,  (daughter  of 

Bishop  Moore.) 
Mrs.  Michael  W.  Hancock. 

"      Betsy  Hai-ris. 
Miss  Catherine  L.  Harrison,  (af- 
terwards  Mrs.    John    S.   Mc- 
Kim.) 
Mrs.  Jaqueliu  B.  Harvie,   (died 

April  2!),  1841.) 
Mrs.  Philip  Haxall. 
'*      Randolph  Harrison. 
"      Ann  Dent  Hayes. 
Mr.  James  E.  Heath. 
Mrs.  James  E.  Heath. 
Mr.  Elijah  HefFernau. 
Mrs.  Elijah  Hefferuan. 
"      Nancy  Heth. 
"      Lucy  Higgiubotham,  (died 
June  12,  1848.) 
Mrs.  Hill. 

Miss  Catherine  Hurley. 
Mrs  Sarah  Hylton. 
"      Chapman   .Johnson,    (died 
April  2.5,  1852.) 
Mrs.    Eobert    Johnston,     (died 

Nov.  18,  1838.) 
Mrs.  Jones. 
"      Harriet  Jones. 
"      Mary  Knapp. 
Miss  Eliza  Lambert. 
Mrs.  William  Lambert. 
"      .John   O.  Lay,    (died  Dec. 
24,  1832.) 
Mrs.  Benj.  W.  Leigh. 
"      Frances  Leiper,  (widow  of 
Dr.  A.  Leijjer.) 
Mrs.  Mary  Lorraine,  (widow  of 

T.  Lorraine.) 
Mrs.  .Judge  Peter  Lyons. 
Mr.  James  McAllister. 


Mrs.  James  McAllister. 
Miss  Jane  Mackenzie. 
Mrs.  William  Mackenzie. 
"      Chai'les  James  Macmurdo, 

(died  May  7,  1849.) 
Mrs.  Ann  D.  McRae. 
Mr.  James  Mann. 
Mrs.  Judge  John  Marshall,  (died 

Dec.  25,  1831.) 
Col.  William  Mayo. 
Mrs.  William  Mayo. 

"      Henry  W.  Moncure. 
Miss  Christian  Moore,   (daugh- 
ter of  Bishop  Moore.) 
Miss  Fanny  Moore,  (daughter  of 

Bishop  Moore.) 
Mrs.  Sarah  Moore,  (daughter  of 

Bishop  Moore.) 
Mrs.  John  G.  Mosby. 
Miss  Frances  E.  Nelson. 

"      Mary  Nelson. 
Captain  Thomas  Nel.son. 
Mrs.  Thomas  Nelson. 
Miss  Agnes  Nicholson. 
Mrs.  Judith  W.  Nicolson. 
Miss  Mary  Nicolson. 
Mrs.  Eliza  Norman. 
"      Frances  Nott,   (died  July 

3,  1842,  aged  80.) 
Mrs.  Orgain. 
"      Carter  B.  Page,  (died  Jan., 

1847.) 
Miss  Jane  Page. 
Mrs.  Charles  Palmer,  (died  Aug. 

12,  1828.) 
Mr.  Lewis  Palmer. 
Mrs.  Edward  F.  Peticolas. 

"      Margaret  Pickett. 
Mrs.  Michael  B.  Poitiaux. 


Monumental  Churuh. 


lOT 


*Mr.  Eobert  Pollard,  (died  Oct. 
10,  1842,  aged  8G.) 

*Mrs.  Eobert  Pollard,  (died  Sep. 
17,  1839,  aged  80.) 

Mrs.  Auu  Randolph,  (widow  of 
Wm.  Randolph.) 

Miss  Geoi'giana  W.  Randolph, 
(died  Sep.  8,  IS-tl.) 

Mrs.  Richard  Randolph,  (died 
Dec.  18,  1841.) 

Mr.  G.  V.  W.  Raymond. 

Mrs.  Mary  Richard. 
"      Charles  C.  Richardson. 
"      Thomas  Richardson. 
"      Thomas  Ritchie. 
"      James     Robertson,      (the 
wife  of  Mr.  James  Robertson, 
former  cashier  of  the  branch 
of  the  old  United  States  Bank, 
and  canae  from  Philadelphia 
to  Richmond  to  take  charge 
of  the  bank  after  the  death 
of  Mr.  Richard  Anderson.) 

Miss  Margaretta  Robertson, 
(daughter  of  Mr.  James  Ro- 
bertson, and  step-daughter  of 
Mrs.  James  Robertson.  Miss 
^largaret  left  Richmond,  and 
died  in  Philadelphia  some 
years  after. ) 

Mrs.  John  Robertson. 

Miss  Rebecca  Robertson. 

Mrs.  John  Robinson. 
"      Edmond   W.   Roots,  (died 
Nov.  ?>,  1847.) 


Mrs.  John  Rutherfoord. 

"      Samuel  S.  Saunders. 
Miss  Betsy  Savage. 
Mrs.  Robert  G.   Scott,  (daugh- 
ter of  Bishop  Madison.) 
Mrs.  William  Selden. 
"      Nathaniel  Sheppard. 
"      Hetty  Smock. 
'^    Ann  Stark. 
"      Andrew  Stevenson. 
"      Jane  Swain. 
Mr.       Matthew      Swain,      (her 

son.) 
Mrs.  Thomas  Taylor. 
"      John  Hansen  Thomas. 
' '      Thorp. 
Miss  Patsy  Underwood. 
"      Nancy     Valentine,     (died 
Jan.  25,  1850.) 
Mrs.  James  Warrell. 
Miss  Susan  Warrell. 
Mr.  John  Warrock,  (died  Mar. 

7,  1858,  aged  85.) 
Mrs.  John  Warrock,  (died  Apl. 

23,  185(i,  aged  76.) 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Whitaker. 
Miss  Harriet  Whiting. 
Mrs.  John  Wickham,  (died  Aiig, 
10,  1853.) 
"      Alice  Williams. 
"      John  Williams. 
Mr.   John    G.    Williams,    (died 

Dec.  1.5,  1833.) 
Mrs.  John  G.  Williams. 


*NoTE. — The  above  two  were  the  grand  parents  of  the  present 
Messrs.  Benjamin  and  Eobert  R.  Richardson,  of  Richmond. — 
G.  D.  F.,  1870. 


108  History  of  the 

Miss  Lucy  Page  Williams,  (af-  Miss  Maria  Wixham. 

terwards    Mrs.    John    Adams  Mrs.     Catherine    Wood,     (died 

Smith.)  Oct.  9,  18C7,  in  her  97th  year. 

Miss  Mary  B.  Williams.  Miss  Eliza  M.  Woodward. 

Whole  number  of  communicants  in  1829, — One 
hundred  and  seventy-nine. 

Marriages, 
Celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Ro,  B.  Croes,  while  acting 
as   assistant   minister  of   the   Monumental    Church, 
certified  by  him  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Hustings  Court, 
viz: 

March  8,  1827. — Richard  H.  Cunningham  and 
Virginia  L.  Heth,  of  the  city  of  Richmond. 

April  5,  1827. — George  Claiborne,  of  King  Wil- 
liam County,  Yirginia,  and  Marj^  Craig,  of  the  city 
of  Richmond. 

May  12,  1829.— Willoughby  Newton,  of  West- 
moreland County,  Yirginia,  and  Mary  S.  Brocken- 
brougli,*  of  the  city  of  Richmond. 

Letter  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  on 
his  leaving  Richmond: 

Richmond,  February  15.  1830. 
"  Reverend   and   Dear   Sir  :    I   am   very   much 
grieved  from  various  causes  at  your  determination  to 
leave  this  diocese,  and  am  sensible  that  the  congre- 
gation feel,  with  myself,  the  greatest  regret  at  your 

*NoTE. — This  lady  was  one  of  the  daughters  of  Judge  William 
Bi'ockenbrough,  who  was  also  the  father  of  the  late  Judge  John 
Brockenbroiigh,  of  Lexington,  Va. — 1879,  G.  D.  F, 


Monumental  Church.  109 

departure.  As  the  canons  of  the  church  require 
that  you  should  take  with  you  the  testimony  of  my 
approbation,  I  embrace  the  opportunity  of  testify- 
ing, not  only  to  your  fidelity  in  the  discharge  of 
your  ofiicial  duties,  but  also  of  the  acceptability  of 
your  services  to  the  people  to  whom  you  have  min- 
istered in  sacred  things.  They  have  witnessed  the 
harmony  in  which  we  have  lived,  and  have  been 
taught  by  our  example  that  the  Christian  religion  is 
a  religion  of  peace  and  good  will, 

"  You.  will  carry  with  you,  reverend  and  dear 
sir,  my  best  wishes  for  your  happiness,  both  tem- 
poral and  eternal. 

'"The  Lord  bless  thee  and  keep  thee;  the  Lord 
make  His  face  to  shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious 
unto  thee ;  the  Lord  lift  up  the  light  of  His  coun- 
tenance upon  thee,  and  give  thee  peace.' 

"  Your  affectionate  friend  and  father  in  Christ, 
Richard  Channing^  Moore." 

The  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes  and  Miss  Helen  Robert- 
son, third  daughter  of  James  Robertson,  Esquire, 
Cashier  of  the  Branch  of  the  Bank  of  the  United 
States  at  Richmond,  were  married  in  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  on 
Monday,  May  10th,  1830. 

From  the  records  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond,  Virginia: 

"Robert  B.  Croes,  was  born  on  the  thirteenth  day 
of  August,  1800,  in  the  Village  of  Swedesborough, 
Gloucester  County,  l^ew  Jersey,  and  was  baptized, 
if  his  recollection  of  the  records  of  Trinity  Church 


110  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

in  that  village,  of  which  his  father  was  rector,  does 
not  fail  him,  in  May,  1801. 

"In  tlie  month  of  October,  1801,  liis  parents,  the 
Rev.  Jolui  Croes  and  Mrs.  Martha  Croes,  removed, 
with  their  six  children,  John,  Samuel  Austin,  Wil- 
liam, Ann  Stratton,  Martha,  and  Robert  Brown,  to 
New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  and  settled  tliere;  his 
father  having  been  elected  rector  of  Christ  Cliurch, 
and  Principal  of  tlie  Academy  of  Queens  College. 

"Robert  was  educated  in  part  in  that  academy, 
and  pursued  his  collegiate  course  in  the  said  college, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1815. 

"In  September,  1820,  he  commenced  his  regular 
theological  studies  in  the  General  Theolos^ical  Senii- 
nary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
United  States,  whicli,  under  the  authority  of  the 
general  convention,  had  been  lately  transferred  from 
the  city  of  New  York,  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 

"Here  he  continued  for  more  than  a  year,  when 
the  seminary  was  again  removed  to  New  York,  and 
he,  as  one  of  the  regular  students,  returned  with  it. 

"In  the  summer  of  1823,  he,  with  four  others, 
received  his  diploma  as  a  graduate  in  the  hrst  class 
of  the  seminary  that  had  pursued  a  full  three  years' 
course. 

"On  the  20th  of  August,  1823,  he  was  adnntted, 
in  St.  John's  Church,  in  Elizabeth  Town,  New 
Jersey,  to  the  holy  order  of  deacons  by  his  father, 
the  Right  Rev.  Jolm  Croes,  who,  on  the  19th  day  of 
November,  1815,  had  been  duly  consecrated  Bishop 
of  the  diocese  of  New  Jersey. 


Monumental  Church.  Ill 

"Soon  after  his  admission  to  the  deaconate,  the 
Rev.  R.  B.  Croes  was  appointed  an  agent  of  the 
General  Seminary,  and  was  allowed  by  his  diocesan, 
leaving  the  missionary  field  of  New  Jersey,  in  which 
he  had  expected  to  labor,  to  travel  as  agent  through 
different  parts  of  the  Union. 

"In  February,  1825,  he  visited  Richmond^  Vir- 
ginia, and  at  the  instance  of  the  Riglit  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore,  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church,  was  chosen 
by  the  vestry  thereof  the  assistant  minister. 

"He  entered  upon  his  duties  as  such  immediately 
after  the  adjournment  of  the  convention  which  sat 
in  the  Monumental  Church  in  May  of  that  year. 

"In  May,  1826,  in  St.  PauFs  Church,  Lynchburg, 
of  which  the]  Rev.  Franklin  G.  Smith  was  rector, 
and  during  the  session  of  the  annual  diocesan  con- 
vention, lie  was  admitted,  in  company  with  the  Rev, 
John  P.  McGuire,  the  Rev.  Mark  L.  Chevers  and 
others,  to  the  holy  order  of  priests  by  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Moore. 

"He  continued  to  officiate  as  the  assistant  min- 
ister of  the  Monumental  Church  until  February, 
1830.  He  removed  to  the  city  of  Troy,  New  York, 
and  became  the  assistant  to  the  Rev.  David  Butler, 
Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church. 

"  On  Sunday,  the  llrth  of  Febi-uary,  he  officiated 
for  the  last  time  in  the  Momi  mental  Church. 

"  Furnished  at  the  request  of  Thos.  H.  Ellis,  Esq. 

"R.B.  C." 

Buffalo,  New  York,  Feb.  25,  1868. 


112  History  of  the 

1830. 

Tlie  convention  met  in  AVinchester,  on  Thursday, 
the  20th  May.  The  Eight  Eev.  Bishop  Moore  being 
absent,  the  Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  I).  D.,  as- 
sistant bishop  of  the  diocese,  took  the  chair  as  presi- 
dent of  the  convention ;  Mr.  John  G.  Williams,  who 
also  represented  the  Monumental  Church  as  its  lay 
deputy,  attending  as  secretary. 

No  parochial  report  for  that  year  of  the  Monu- 
mental Church  is  mentioned  by  the  committee. 

The  secretary  received  for  the  contingent  fund 
from  the  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $30. 

The  committee  on  the  state  of  the  church  pre- 
sented a  report  and  accompanying  resolutions,  which, 
having  been  amended,  were  adopted. 

That  portion  relating  to  the  restriction  accompany- 
mg  the  election  of  the  assistant  Bishop  reads  as  fol- 
lows : 

"  Whereas,  the  General  Convention  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  have, 
by  the  fifth  canon  of  1829,  provided  that  every 
assistant  bishop  who  may  hereafter  be  elected 
in  the  said  church,  shall  be  in  all  cases  entitled  to 
succeed  the  bishop  of  the  diocese  in  which  he  may 
be  elected  ;  and  whereas  the  convention  is  desirous 
of  preserving  as  far  as  possible  the  harmony  and 
uniformity  of  the  church,  and  of  testifying  its  confi- 
dence in  the  assistant  Bishop  of  this  diocese,  there- 
fore— 

"  Resolved^  That  the  restriction  annexed  to  the 
election  of  the  assistant  Bishop  of  Virginia  be  here- 
by removed." 


Monumental  Church.  113 

Upon  the  question  of  agreeing  witli  the  committee 
in  this  portion  of  their  report,  they  stood  ayes,  49 ; 
noes,  7. 

Other  subjects  embraced  in  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee on  the  state  of  tlie  church  were  referred  to  a 
select  committee,  on  whose  recommendation  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  Jolm  G.  Williams,  the  Rev.  Wm. 
F.  Lee,  and  the  Rev.  Edward  W.  Peet,  be  appointed 
a  counnittee,  to  meet  in  the  city  of  Richmond  as 
early  as  convenient,  and  make  such  assessment 
among  the  parishes  of  this  diocese  as  will  raise  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  annually,  to  be  paid  to 
Bishop  Moore,  and  this  committee  inform  the  clergy- 
men of  each  parish  of  the  proportion  required  from 
his  parish ;  and, 

"  Resolved,  The  clergy  be  required  to  raise  tlie 
qnota  so  assessed,  and  pay  it  in  at  tlie  next  conven- 
tion. 

'■'■Resolved,  That  the  treasurer  of  the  church  pay  to 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Meade  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars ;  and  that  in  addition  to  this 
he  pay  the  expenses  already  incurred,  and  which 
may  from  time  to  time  be  incurred  by  the  said 
Bishop  in  performing  his  Episcopal  visitations." 

Mr  John  G.  Williams  was  elected  one  of  the  eight 
delegates  to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  next  gen- 
eral convention. 

1831. 

The  convention  meet  in  l!sorfolk,  on  the  19tli  day 
of  May.  Bishop  Moore  in  the  cJiair ;  Mr.  John  G. 
Williams,  secretary. 


114  History  of  the 

The  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  appeared  and  took  his  seat 
among  the  clergy. 

Mr.  Robert  Pollard  and  Mr.  John  G.  Williams  at- 
tended as  the  lay  deputies  from  the  Monumental 
Church. 

The  secretary  received  from  the  Monumental 
Church  for  the  contingent  fund,  $30,  and  towards 
support  of  Bishop  Moore,  $12. 

The  Rev.  Nicholas  H.  Cobbs,  from  the  committee 
on  parochial  reports,  presented  the  following  report: 

"Monumental  Chukch,  Richmond. 

"  The  rector  reports,  since  the  last  convention, 
he  has  baptized  about  thirty,  two  of  whom  were 
adults. 

"  The  communion  has  been  administered  as  often 
as  the  occasional  absence  of  the  rector  on  diocesan 
duties  would  allow. 

"  The  rector  takes  pleasure  in  repeating  that,  on 
most  of  these  occasions,  we  have  had  a  few  additions. 
Whole  number  of  communicants,  one  hundred  and 
sixty . 

"The  Sunday-school  numbers  about  one  hundred 
and  eighty.  The  Bible  classes  are  flourishing.  The 
ffemale  missionary  society  belonging  to  this  church 
have  in  their  treasury  about  $600  ;  it  is  not  probable 
that  they  will  be  long  without  the  services  of  a  mis- 
sionary. The  education  society  receives  yearly  from 
this  congregation  very  considerable  assistance. 

"  Richard  Channing  Moore,  RectorP 


Monumental  Church.  115 

Tlie  Rev.  Mr.  Polk  was  elected  oue  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Diocesan  Missionary  Society, 
and  Mr.  John  G.  Williams  and  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Nel- 
son re-elected,  the  former  as  secretary,  the  latter  as 
treasurer.  Mr.  Williams  was  also  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  next  general  convention. 

There  is  in  the  custody  of  Mr.  James  H.  Gardner, 
now  senior  warden  of  the  Monumental  Church,  a 
baptismal  basin  of  solid  silver,  on  the  bottom  of 
which  is  this  inscription  : 

"  Given  by  Martha,  the  wife  of  Edward  Jaquelin, 
and  Edward,  their  sou,  for  the  use  of  the  church  in 
James  City,  The  last  died  in  Hackney.  Interred 
in  Shadwell  church  yard.  Aged  18  years.  1733;^." 
And  around  the  rim  the  following  is  neatly  cut : 
"After  the  church  in  James  City  was  deserted, 
this  basin  was  returned  to  Col.  John  Ambler, 
of  Jamestown,  as  the  representative  of  the  donor, 
and  by  him  was  presented,  in  the  year  1831,  to  the 
Monumental  Church,  city  of  Richmond,  upon  the 
condition  that  it  should  be  retained  in  all  time  in  its 
present  shape,  for  the  use  of  the  church." 

1832. 

The  convention  met  in  Alexandria,  on  the  16th 
day  of  May. 

The  Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  assistant  bishop, 
in  the  absence  of  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  took 
the  chair  as  president  of  the  convention,  and  the 
Rev.  William  F.  Lee  was  appointed  secretary,  pro 
te  mjpore. 


116  History  of  the 

The  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Nichols,  assistant  minister 
of  the  Monumental  Church,  appeared  and  took  his 
seat  among  the  clergy. 

Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  attended  as  the  lay  deputy 
from  the  Monumental  Church. 

On  Thursday,  the  17th,  Bishop  Moore,  took  the 
chair  as  president;  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lee  having 
withdrawn,  Mr.  Hilary  Baker  was  appointed  secre- 
tary, joro  iem.. 

The  secretary  received  the  following  contribu- 
tions from  the  Monumental  Church,  for  the  contin- 
gent fund,  $30 ;  for  the  Episcopal  services  of  Bishop 
Moore,  $15. 

The  committee  on  parochial  reports  made  the 
following  report: 

"  The  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church,  in  the 
city  of  Richmond,  reports  to  the  convention,  that 
the  state  of  his  congregation  continues  to  be  very 
encouraging;  that  the  attendants  on  Divine  wor- 
ship are  very  numerous,  and  tliat  since  his  report 
the  last  year  a  goodly  number  have  been  added  to 
the  communion. 

"The  baptisms  within  the  last  twelve  months 
amount  to  forty-nine.  Communicants,  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-two. 

"  Owing  to  the  indisposition  of  tlie  Rev.  Leonidas 
Polk,  who  was  engaged  as  an  assistant  minister  to 
the  rector,  he  was  under  the  painful  necessity  of 
resigning  his  situation  and  crossino-  the  Atlantic  for 
the  benelit  of  his  health.  Mr,  Polk  evidenced, 
during   his   ministry  in    Richmond,  a  spirit   of   the 


Monumental  Church.  117 

most  ardent  piety  and  devotion  to  his  duty;  and  it 
was  M'ith  regret  of  no  ordinary  character  that  the 
rector  was  obliged  to  accept  liis  resignation. 

"The  sitnation  which  was  filled  by  Mr.  Polk  is 
now  occupied  by  tlie  Rev.  Josepli  H.  Nichols,  wlio 
has  been  well  received  by  the  congregation,  and 
from  whose  filial  deportment  lo  the  rector  he  is 
justified  in  believing  that  the  interests  of  the  parish 
will  be  promoted,  and  the  evening  of  the  rector's 
life  rendered  happy,  peaceful  and  comfortable. 

KlCHARD  ChANNING   MoORE, 

Rector  of  Moriumental  ChurchP 

Mr.  John  G.  Williams  was  elected  a  delegate  to 
represent  this  diocese  in  the  next  general  conven- 
tion, and  also,  in  conjunction  with  the  Rev.  John 
Grammer,  to  prepare  a  report  of  the  state  of  the 
church  in  tliis  diocese  for  the  next  general  conven- 
tion. 

The  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina, graduated  with  the  class-rank  of  No.  8,  in  a 
class  of  38,  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy. 
July  1st,  1827;  resigned  his  commission  as  a  brevet 
second-lieutenant  of  artillery,  December  1st,  1827; 
in  April,  1830,  he  w^as  admitted  to  the  office  of  dea- 
con by  Bishop  Moore.  After  his  return  from  Europe, 
in  the  year  1834,  he  was  chosen  rector  of  St.  Peter's 
church,  Columbia,  Tennessee.  On  Sunday,  Decem- 
ber the  9tli,  1838,  in  Christ  church,  Cincinnati,  he 
was  consecrated  missionary  bishop  of  Arkansas  and 
the  Indian  Territory,  south  of  36",  30,  with  provis- 


118  History  of  the 

ional  charge  of  the  diocese  of  Ahibaina,  Mississippi, 
and  Louisiana,  and  the  missions  in  the  republic  of 
Texas.  In  1841  was  elected  bishop  of  the  diocese 
of  Louisiana.  He  died  June  14,  1864,  in  the  mili- 
tary service  of  the  Confederate  States,  with  the 
rank  of  lieutenant-general. 

On  the  occasion  of  Bishop  Polk's  consecration,  in 
1838,  Bishops  Meade,  Mcllvaine,  Otey  and  Polk, 
formed  an  'agreement  that  tliey  would  pray  specially 
for  each  other  every  Sabbatli  morning. 

Bishop  Otej^,  in  a  letter  afterwards  to  Bishop 
Meade,  writes :  "  I  never  fail  to  remember  you  in 
m}'  prayers  every  Sunday  morning,  according  to  a 
mutual  agreement  of  nearly  sixteen  years  standing." 

Bisliop  John's  memoir  of  Bishop  Meade  contains 
the  form  of  prayer,  the  joint  composition  of  Bishops 
Meade  and  Otey,  intended  to  be  used  by  them. 

The  Kev.  Joseph  H.  Nichols,  who  succeeded  the 
Rev.  Leonidas  Polk  as  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  graduated  at  the  General  Tlie- 
ological  Seminary,  in  tlie  year  1831,  in  the  same 
class  with  the  Rev.  William  Norwood,  D.  D. 

While  officiating  in  Richmond  he  had  an  attack 
of  derangement,  which  forced  him  to  abandon  the 
ministry  for  a  time. 

In  1836,  1837,  1838,  and  1839  he  appears  as  rec- 
tor of  Christ  churcli,  Greenwich,  Connecticut.  In 
1843, 1844,  and  1845,  as  assistant  to  the  Rev,  Harry 
Croswell,  D.  D  ,  rector  of  Trinity  parish.  New 
Haven,  Conn.  Subsequently  he  became  professor 
of  English  literature,  Racine   College,  Wisconsin  ; 


Monumental  Chukch.  119 

attended  the  general  convention  of  1856  in  Phila- 
delphia, as  one  of  the  clerical  deputies  from  Wiscon- 
sin, and  while  there  suffered  a  second  attack  of  the 
disease  which  had  seized  him  twenty-four  years  be- 
fore in  Richmond,  and  his  friends  were  obliged  to 
send  him  to  an  asylum. 

1833. 

The  convention  met  in  the  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond,  on  tlie  15th  of  May.  Bishop  Moore  in 
the  chair,  Mr,  John  G.  Williams,  Secretary. 

Mr.  Williams  also  represented  the  Monumental 
Church  as  lay  deputy. 

The  secretary  received  from  the  Monumental 
Church  the  following  assessments:  For  the  contin- 
gent fund,  $30 ;  for  Episcopal  services  of  Bishop 
Moore,  $24.08. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Mann,  from  the  committee  ou 
parochial  reports,  made  the  following  report : 

"The  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church  reports 
to  the  convention  that  the  communicants  belonging 
to  the  parish  amount  to  one  hundred  and  seventy,  or 
one  hundred  and  eighty;  and  that  he  has  baptized, 
since  our  last  annual  meeting,  twenty-three  children. 
The  rector  also  reports,  that  though  far  advanced  in 
years,  he  opens  liis  church  twice  on  the  Sabbath ; 
that  his  congregations  in  the  morning  are  large  and 
attentive  ;  that  he  is  blessed  with  a  very  considerable 
number  of  members  who  are  virtually  acquainted 
with  the  truths  of  the  gospel,  and  who  are  ornaments 
to  the  Christian  profession. 


120  History  of  the 

"There  is  a  very  respectable  Sunda}^  school  be- 
longing to  the  church,  supplied  with  competent 
teachers;  and  which,  fi-om  measures  latel}*^  adopted, 
he  has  no  doubt  will  increase  in  numbers.  Several 
hundred  dollars  have  been  raised  within  a  few 
months  to  assist  in  the  completion  of  two  churches 
in  this  diocese,  and  one  in  Kentucky;  and  the  yearly 
stipend  for  the  benefit  of  the  theological  students 
in  Alexandria  is  now  ready  to  be  paid  in. 

Richard  Changing  Moore,  Rector.'''' 

Mr,  John  G.  AYilliams  was  elected  a  delegate  to 
j-epresent  this  diocese  in  the  next  general  convention. 

Bishop  Moore,  in  his  closing  address  to  the  con- 
"veniion,  says :  ''  Six  candidates  were  admitted  by 
•myself  this  morning  in  the  Monumental  Church  to 
deacon's  orders,  and  two  dea(^ons  were  at  the  same 
time  advanced  to  the  priesthood  by  my  worthy 
friend  the  assistant  bisliop  of  tliis  diocese. 

1834. 

The  convention  met  in  Staunton,  on  the  21st  May. 
IBishop  Meade  presiding. 

Mr.  Hilary  Baker,  of  Richmond,  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  convention. 

The  Rev.  Thos.  Jackson,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  appeared  and  took  his  seat 
among  the  clerical  deputies. 

Mr,  Carter  H.  Harrison  attended  as  the  lay 
deputy  from  the  Monumental  Church, 

On  motion  of  Mr,  Harrison, 

^'■Resolved,   That  tlie    secretary    enter  upon    the 


Monumental  Church.  121 

journal  of  this  convention,  the  death  of  its  Lite  secre- 
tary, Mr.  John  G.  Williams. 

'"''Resolved,  That  while  we  boM*  witli  humility  to 
this  afflicting  dispensation  of  God,  we  cannot  but 
deplore  it  as  one  that  has  dep>rived  the  convention 
of  the  services  of  a  faithful  officer;  the  cliurch  of  a 
useful  and  devoted  friend,  and  society  at  large  of  a- 
valuable  member. 

'■''Resolved,  lastly,  that  in  token  of  the  sympathy 
of  this  convention  in  the  bereavement  which  the 
family  of  the  deceased  has  sustained,  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  be  forwarded  to  them  by  the  secretary." 

The  secretary  received  the  following  assessments 
from  the  Monumental  Church  :  for  the  contingent 
fund,  $30;  for  the  Episcopal  services  of  Bishop 
Moore,  $24.08. 

The  Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector  of  Christ 
Cliurch,  Richmond,  in  his  parochial  report,  states : 
"During  the  last  year  I  preached  to  the  colored 
people  a  feM^  times,  but  circumstances  occurred  to 
prevent  regular  services.  Arrangements  have,  how- 
ever, been  made  b}'  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Rich- 
mond to  preach  regularly  to  them,  in  the  lecture 
room  of  the  Monumental  Cliurch." 

Mr.  William  H.  Macfarland  was  elected  one  of 
the  delegates  to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  next 
general  convention. 

Rev.  Thomas  Jackson  was  elected  one  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  of  the  Missionarj^  Society  of  Vir- 
ginia. 

^'■Resolved,  That  the  assistant  bishop  of  this  diocese, 


122  History  of  the 

with  the  aid  of  any  of  the  clergy  or  laity  whom  he 
may  call  to  his  assistance,  be,  and  are  hereby  re- 
quested, to  pre])are  from  time  to  time  such  tracts  or 
sermons  as  they  may  deem  suitable  for  the  religious 
instruction  of  servants." 

Mr,  John  G.  Williams,  wliose  death  is  above 
•noticed,  an  eminent  lawyer  of  Richmond,  was  a 
member  of  the  congregation  of  the  Monumental 
Church  from  its  establishment  until  his  death.  He 
was  the  father  of  the  Rev.  William  C.  Williams, 
who  was,  for  some  years,  missionar}'  to  the  negroes 
on  the  Oguchie  river,  and  is  now  rector  of  St. 
Peter's  Cluuxth,  Rome,  Ga.,  and  also  father  of  the 
Right  Rev.  Channing  Moore  Williams,  D.  J).,  mis- 
sionary bishop  for  China  and  Japan. 

1835. 

On  the  first  of  Januai-y,  1835,  Bishop  Moore  re- 
ceived, as  a  New  Year's  gift,  a  copy  of  the  New 
Testament,  printed  in  golden  letters  on  porcelain  pa- 
per, with  this  inscription : 

"  Presented  to  the  Right  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore,  by 
the  citizens  of  Riclimond,  members  of  tlie  different 
religious  denominations,  as  a  tribute  cf  their  affec- 
tionate regard  and  esteem  for  one  who  has  so  long 
and  so  carefully  devoted  his  life  to  the  great  cause 
of  Christianity." 

The  cost  of  the  Testament  was  fifty  dollars,  and 
that  the  number  of  donors  miglit  be  many,  no  indi- 
vidual was  allowed  to  contribute  more  than  fifty 
cents.      In  this  grateful  act  of  public  regard,  even 


Monumental  Church.  123 

some  Jews  and  E,omanists  gladly  united.     The  fol- 
lowing is  the  Bishop's  acknowledgment  of  the  gift  : 

"  To  Messrs.  John  0.  Lay  and  Wm.  Mitchell,  Jr., 

"  Dear  Brethren. — The  truly  elegant  and  ac- 
ceptable copy  of  the  Kew  Testament  presented 
to  me  as  a  New  Year's  present,  h}^  one  hundred  of 
ni}'  fellow  citizens  of  different  denominations  of 
Christians  in  this  city,  has  been  received,  and  I  can 
assure  you  with  great  truth  that  they  could  not  have, 
conferred  on  me  any  favor  which  would  have  so 
richly  entitled  tliem  to  my  sincere  gratitude  and 
thanks.  It  is,  gentlemen,  the  charter-deed  of  our 
salvation — a  deed  sealed  witli  tlie  precious  blood  of 
tlie  Lamb  of  God ;  and  it  is  my  sincere  prayer  that  all 
the  promises  of  happiness  it  contains  may  be  realized 
by  those  who,  in  my  old  age,  have  afforded  me  so 
great  an  evidence  of  tlieir  filial  affection  and  regard. 
That  the  present  year  may  prove  a  happy  year,  and 
abound  with  heavenly  blessings  and  temporal  com- 
forts to  you  and  all  the  families  of  the  kind  donors 
of  the  sacred  volume,  is  the  fervent  prayer,  dear 
brethren,  of  your  old  friend  and  fellow-citizen, 

"RlOHAKD  ChANNING  MoORE." 

Mr.  Lay,  one  of  the  gentlemen  to  whom  this  letter 
is  addressed,  was  a  member  of  the  Monumental 
Church  congregation,  and  the  father  of  the  Riglit 
Rev.  Henry  Cliamplin  Lay,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  mission- 
ary bishop  of  Arkansas  and  the  Indian  Territory. 

Mr,  Mitchell  was  also  a  member  of  the  Monumen- 
tal Church  congregation,  and  w^as  married  by  Bishop 


124  History  of  the 

Moore,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  highly  esti- 
mable firn^  of  Messrs.  John  H.  Tyler  &  Co.,  exten- 
sive jewelers  of  Richmond,  Ya. 

The  convention  of  the  diocese  assembled  in  Lynch- 
burg on  the  20th  day  of  May  ;  Bishop  Meade  pre- 
siding, and  Mr.  Baker,  secretary. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson,  assistant  minister  of 
the  Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  one  of  the 
clerical  deputies.  Mr.  B.  Harrison  Randolph  at- 
tended as  the  lay  deputy  from  the  Monumental 
Church. 

The  secretary  received  the  following  contribution 
from  the  Monumental  Church:  For  the  contingent 
fund,  $30. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Wingfield,  from  the  commit" 
tee  on  parochial  reports,  presented  the  following: 

"Monumental  Churcli,  Richmond,  R.  C.  Moore, 
Rector, — Communicants,  one  hundred  and  eighty ; 
baptisms,  three  adults,  forty-four  children.  Total, 
forty-seven. 

"Sunday-school  is  in  a  very  promising  condition, 
and  every  pew  on  the  ground-floor  is  rented. 

"At  a  general  meeting  in  the  Monumental  Church 
upwards  of  $4,000  were  subscribed,  chiefly  by  that 
congregation,  for  the  Theological  Seminar3\ 

"Two  scholarships  have  been  formed  by  sundry  in- 
dividuals for  educating  3'oung  men  for  the  holy  min- 
istry, and  $100  contributed  by  the  auxiliary  society 
for  the  same.  A  collection  has  been  taken  up  to 
aid  funds  of  the  prayer-book  and  tract  society,  and 
another  in  favor  of  the  Virginia  Bible  Society. 


Monumental  Church.  125 

"•  Collections  also  have  been  made  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  Sanday-sehool,  and  the  Saturday 
sewing  school,  the  last  of  which  has  recently  been 
established  for  the  l)enetit  of  poor  children. 

"There  has  been  this  year  an  increase  in  the  con- 
tributions to  the  missionary  society.  Three  classes 
have  been  formed  for  biblical  instruction  which  to- 
gether number  about  one  hundred." 

Mr,  William  H.  Macfarland  was  appointed  one  of 
the  delegates  to  the  next  general  convention;  and 
Eight  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Jack- 
son, and  the  Kev.  Wm.  F.  Lee,  were  appointed  as  a 
committee  to  prepare  a  report  of  the  state  of  the 
church  in  this  diocese  for  that  convention. 

Kev.  Thomas  Jackson. 

This  gentleman  was  a  native  of  Tutbury,  in  the 
count}^  of  Stafford,  England.  In  the  year  1829 
there  were  three  brothers,  ministers  in  the  Protes- 
fant  Episcopal  Church,  officiating  in  the  diocess  of 
Yirginia,  to  wit :  Johannes  Edward  Jackson,  rector 
ot  Christ  Church,  Winchester;  Wm.  Jackson,  rector 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Alexandria;  and  Tliomas 
Jackson,  rector  of  Shelburn  Parish,  Louden  county, 
residing  in  Leesburg.  William  was  afterward  pro- 
fessor of  pastoral  theology  in  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  Virginia.  Their  father  is  reputed  to  have 
been  a  man  of  exemplary  piety,  and  particularly  de- 
voted to  the  church  of  England. 

Tliomas,  in  the  j'ear  1830,  removed  from  Vir- 
ginia to  Frederick,  Maryland,  and  thence  to  Bristol, 


126  History  of  the 

Penn.,  whence  he  was  c;illed  to  Richmond  as  the 
assistant  of  Bishop  Moore  in  the  Monumental 
Church. 

While  laboring  here,  most  acceptably  to  the  con- 
gregation, he  was,  on  Sunday,  November  8,  1835, 
after  morning  service,  disabled  by  paralysis.  Not 
long  after,  he  removed  to  Alexandria,  D.  C,  where 
he  died  in  the  year  1838.  The  Kev.  Charles  Mann, 
rector  of  Ware  and  Abingdon  parishes,  who  married 
a  daughter  of  the  Rev,  Thomas  Jackson,  says  of 
him : 

"  He  was  far  the  most  learned  and  profound 
theologian  of  the  brothers,  and  the  most  truly 
modest  and  humble  man  I  have  ever  known." 

The  Rev.  William  C  Jackson,  formerly  of  this 
diocese,  now  rector  of  Grace  Church,  near  St.  Den- 
nis, Maryland,  is  his  son.  The  Rev,  Dr.  Cumniins, 
now  assistant  bishop  of  Kentucky,  in  his  sketch  of 
the  life  of  the  Rev.  William  M.  Jackson,  late  rector 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Norfolk,  (who  was  a  son  of  the 
Rey.  Johannes  Edward  Jackson,)  referring  to  the 
four  sons  of  the  elder  Mr.  Jackson,  of  Tutbury, 
England,  thus  writes :  "  Such  are  the  lessons  of 
faith  and  hope  tlie  life  of  the  father  of  these  noble 
sons  presents;  and  now,  in  the  third  generation,  all 
of  his  discendants  but  one  are  in  full  communion 
with  the  church  of  Christ;  six  of  them — three  sons 
and  three  grandsons — in  the  sacred  work  of  the 
ministry. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson,  during  his  residence 
in  Richmond,  used  in  manuscript  "  The  Questions 


Monumental  Church.  127 

on  the  Lessons,  Collect,  Epistle,  and  Gospel,  in  the 
Sunday  morning  service  of  the  church,  designed  for 
Bible  classes  and  Sunday-school,"  prepared  by  him- 
self, and  afterwards  published  ;  a  second  edition  of 
which  was  printed  in  the  year  1843,  by  the  general 
Protestant  Episcopal  Sunday-school  Union  and 
Church  Book  Society. 

18  3  6. 

The  convention  met  in  Fredericksburg,  on  Wed- 
nesday, the  18th  of  May.  Bishop  Moore  presiding; 
Mr,  Baker  attending  as  secretary. 

Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  appeared  as  the  lay  delegate 
from  the  Monumental  Church,  and  was  admitted 
upon  a  certificate  given  by  the  rector. 

Among  the  contributions  to  the  contingent  fund, 
the  secretary  received  from  the  Monumental  Church, 
Kichmond,  $30. 

The  bishop,  in  his  address  to  the  convention,  says: 

"  The  afflicting  dispensation  of  Providence  with 
which  the  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson  was  visited  the  last 
autumn,  has  deprived  the  church  of  the  labors  of  an 
able  divine  and  an  excellent  preacher.  But  while 
the  church  in  this  diocese  has  just  reason  to  lament 
the  suspension  of  his  usefulness,  it  is  myself,  breth- 
ren, who  feel  most  sensibly  the  privation. 

"  Mr.  Jackson  was  my  immediate  assistant  in  the 
ministry  ;  we  went  up  to  the  house  of  God  as  friends, 
and  took  s\veet  counsel  together. 

"  Too  far  advanced  in  life  to  suffer  any  feelings 
but  those  of  friendship   to  take  possession  of  our 


128  History  of  the 

bosoms,  it  was  our  mutual  endeavor  to  bear  each 
other's  burthens,  and  by  the  interchange  of  good 
offices  to  render  the  path  of  duty  a  delight. 

"  In  a  moment  apparently  of  the  most  perfect 
health,  he  was  arrested  by  a  disease,  under  the  effects 
of  which  he  still  labors,  and  I  am  left  for  the  present 
alone  to  discharge  the  duties  of  a  very  numerous 
congregation. 

"  This  state  of  things,  however,  I  have  reason  to 
hope  will  soon  be  changed,  and  by  the  aid  of  another 
assistant  brought  within  the  compass  more  suitable  to 
my  advanced  years." 

The  Rev.  Ephraim  Adams,  froin  the  committee  on 
parochial  reports,  made  the  following  report,  which 
was  adopted  : 

"  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  R.  C.  Moore, 
Rector. — Baptisms:  Infants, 38;  communicants,  180; 
Contributions:  Bible  Society  of  Virginia,  $230;  Colo- 
nization Society,  $100  ;  Bishop  Moore  and  Jackson 
scholarship,  $150— total,  $780." 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson  was  continued  as  one 
of  the  trustees  of  the  general  Theological  Seminary, 
on  the  part  of  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  and  as  one 
of  the  delegates  to  the  general  convention.  Mr. 
William  H.  Macfarland  was  also  continued  as  one 
of  the  delegates  to  the  next  general  convention. 

1837. 
The  convention  met  in  Petersburg  on  Wednesday, 
the  17th  of  May ;  Bishop  Moore  in  the  chair,  Mr. 
Baker,  secretary. 


.EV.    WILLIAM    NORWOOD,    D.    D. 


Monumental  Church.  129 

The  Rev.  William  Norwood,  assistant  minister  of 
the  Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  a  member 
of  the  convention. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland  attended  as  the  lay  dele- 
gate from  the  Monumental  Church. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Smith,  from  the  committee  on 
parocliial  reports,  made  the  following  report,  which 
was  accepted : 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  Right  Rev. 
Richard  Channing  Moore,  rector,  Rev.  Wm.  Nor- 
wood, assistant  minister.  The  bishop  reports  that  liis 
congregation  is  in  a  prosperous  state  ;  that  through 
the  blessing  of  the  Almighty  the  members  are  at- 
tentive to  the  duties  of  public  worship,  and  regular 
in  their  attendance  at  the  sanctuary;  that  he  has  ob- 
tained an  assistant,  who  is  faithful  in  the  discharge 
of  ministerial  chity — approved  by  the  congregation 
and  himself;  that  we  have  not  pews  sufficient  for 
the  supply  of  applicants,  and  that  the  Sunday-school 
is  larger  and  increasing  in  numbers.  Communicants 
upwards  of  180;  baptisms,  between  30  and  40." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood  and  Mr.  William  H.  Mac- 
farland were  elected  by  ballot  members  of  the  stand- 
ing committee,  but  resigned  the  next  day. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  missionary  society  of 
Virginia;  and  Mr.  Macfarland  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Jackson  were  continued  as  delegates  to  the  next 
general  convention. 

The  secretary  received,  among  the  contributions  to 
the  contingent  fund,  from  the  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond,  $80. 
9 


130  History  of  the 

Bishop  Moore  having  stated  to  the  convention 
that  the  treasurer,  in  consequence  of  his  age  and 
infirmities,  is  desirous  to  be  excused  from  further 
service,  it  was 

"  Resolved^  That  the  resignation  of  Robert  Green- 
how,  Esq.,  be  accepted,  and  that  the  thanks  of  this 
convention  be  presented  to  iiim  for  his  long  and 
faithful  services  as  treasurer." 

William  H.  Hubbard,  Esq.,  of  Richmond,  was 
then  duly  elected  treasurer  of  the  convention. 

1838. 

The  convention  met  in  Winchester,  on  Wednes- 
day, the  16th  of  May.  Bishop  Moore,  president;  Mr. 
Baker,  secretary. 

The  Rev.  William  Norwood,  assistant  minister  of 
the  Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  a  member. 

The  secretary  received  among  the  contributions 
for  the  contingent  fund  from  the  Monumental 
Church,  $30. 

The  Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  from  the  com- 
mittee on  parochial  reports,  presented  a  report: 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  Right  Rev,  R. 
C.  Moore,  rector;  Rev.  William  Norwood,  assistant 
minister. — Communicants,  190;  Baptisms:  Adult,  1; 
Infants,  37 — total,  38.  We  have  a  large  and  flourish- 
ing Sunday-school;  two  respectable  female  Bible 
classes,  and  one  male  class.  The  Bible  classes  are 
instructed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood,  whose  faith- 
ful labors  are  truly  acceptable  to  the  congregation 
and  myself. 


Monumental  Church.  131 

1839. 

Tlie  convention  met  in  Norfolk,  on  Wednesday, 
the  IStli  of  May.  Bishop  Moore,  president ;  Mr. 
Baker,  secretary. 

Rev.  William  Norwood,  assistant  minister  of  the 
Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  a  member. 

Messrs.  Henry  W.  Moncure  and  Thos.  Nelson 
attended  as  the  lay  delegates  from  the  Monumental 
Church. 

Bishop  Moore,  in  his  address  to  the  convention, 
says : 

"  In  the  course  of  the  last  year,  the  church  of 
Virginia  has  been  deprived  of  one  of  the  most  con- 
spicuous of  her  clergy  in  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Jackson. 

"■Mr.  Jackson  was  invited  to  tliis  diocese  by  my- 
self and  the  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church;  and 
officiated  as  my  assistant  until  he  was  attacked  with 
that  disease  which  terminated  his  useful  life  in 
Alexandria.  Mr.  Jackson  discharged  his  ministerial 
duties  with  such  fidelity  and  ability  as  secured  to 
him  the  approbation  and  respect  of  the  whole  con- 
gregation . 

His  discourses  were  always  calculated  to  do  good. 
He  preached  Jesus  Christ  and  Him  crucified;  and 
was  distinguished  for  perspicuity  in  expression,  and 
talent  in  sermonising,  seldom  surpassed. 

"  The  congregation  hold  his  memory  in  grateful  re- 
membrance, and  never  speak  of  him  but  in  language 
of  the  greatest  respect  and  love." 

The  Diocesan  Missionary  Society  having  reorga- 


132  History  of  the 

nized,  and  its  name  changed  to  the  Protestant  Epicopal 
Association  for  the  promotion  of  Christianity  in  Vir- 
ginia, tlie  Rev,  Wm.  Norwood  was  appointed  by  the 
convention  one  of  the  execntive  committee. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard  w^as  appointed  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  fund  for  the  relief  of  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  deceased  clergymen  in  the  diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia. 

The  secretary  acknowledged  among  the  contribu- 
tions to  the  contigent  fund  from  the  Monumental 
Church,  Richmond,  $30. 

The  Rev.  William  Friend,  from  the  committee  on 
parochial  reports,  made  a  report: 

"  The  Monumental  Churcli,  Richmond.  —  Right 
Rev.  R.  C.  Aloore,  rector ;  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  as- 
sistant minister.  By  the  blessing  of  God  I  am  en- 
abled to  report  this  congregation  as  in  a  prosperous 
state.  Baptisms  :  infants,  35  ;  adult,  1 — total,  36. 
Confirmations,  17 ;  Communicants,  reported  last 
year,  190  ;  added,  22 — total,  212.  Money  contribu- 
ted for  various  benevolent  objects :  for  Theological 
Seminary,  $508  ;  Education  Society,  $95  ;  for  vari- 
ous other  purposes,  about  §500 — total,  $1,103. 

"  R.  C.  Moore,  Rect(yrP 

18  4  0. 

The  convention  met  in  Charlottesville,  on  Wed- 
nesday, the  20th  of  May.  Bishop  Moore,  President ; 
Rev.  Zachariah  Mead,  secretary. 

Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  assistant  minister  to  Monu- 
mental Church,  took  his  seat  as  a  member. 


Monumental  Church.  133 

Messrs.  Wm.  Williams  and  Thomas  Macon  were 
received  as  tlie  lay  delegates  from  tlie  Monumental 
Church. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood  having  proposed,  on  the 
part  of  himself  and  sundry  other  individuals,  to  pro- 
cure, on  their  own  responsibility,  for  the  use  of  the 
diocese,  an  edition,  in  a  separate  form,  of  the  consti- 
tution and  canons  of  the  church  in  Virginia,  and 
constitution  and  canons  of  the  general  convention, 
Mr.  S.  H.  Lewis,  of  the  committee  on  finance,  offered 
the  following  resolutions,  which  were  adopted  : 

"  Resolved^  That  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Norwood,  Cobbs, 
Parks,  and  Woodbridge,  be  appointed,  and  they  are 
hereby  respectfully  requested  to  cause  to  be  published 
copies  of  the  constitution  and  canons  of  the  general 
convention,  and  also  of  the  constitution  and  canons 
of  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  for  the  use  of  the  several 
parishes  of  this  diocese,'' 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood, 

^'■liesolved,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  con- 
sist of  clergymen  residing  in  various  parts  of  the 
diocese,  to  whom  the  executive  committee  of  the 
'Protestant  Episcopal  Association  for  the  promo- 
tion of  Christianit}^  in  Virginia'  may  I'efer  for  infor- 
mation respecting  the  condition  and  wants  of  the 
church  in  their  respective  sections  of  the  State." 

Mr.  John  Stuart  was  appointed  by  the  president 
of  the  convention  one  of  the  committee  of  seven,  di- 
rected by  the  following  resolutions  to  be  appointed : 

"  Whereas  the  religious  instruction  of  our  colored 
population  must  manifestly  appear  a  subject  of  the 


134  History  of  the 

most  serious  importance,  and  whereas  it  is  firmly  be- 
lieved every  minister,  and  master  and  mistress,  will  be 
called  npon  to  render  an  account  of  tlieir  stoM^ardship 
touching  this  solemn  duty,  at  tliat  day  when  God, 
who  is  no  I'especter  of  persons,  will  judge  the  world 
in  righteousness  ;  and  whei'eas  it  is  l)elieved  this  sul)- 
ject  has  not  hitherto  received  that  full  attention  and 
interest  whicli  it  merits,  and  mo.st  urgently  demands; 
therefore, 

^'■Resolved,  That  a  special  committee  of  seven,  to 
be  composed  of  the  bishop,  assistant  bishop,  and 
two  others  of  the  clergy,  and  three  of  tlie  laity,  be 
appointed  to  report  to  tlie  next  convention  the  most 
efficient  system  of  oral  religious  instruction,  both 
public  and  private. 

^'Resolved,  also,  tliat  if  deemed  necessary,  they  re- 
port who  amongst  the  colored  people  are  to  be  con- 
sidered the  proper  sul^jects  of  baptism,  both  infants 
and  adult." 

The  Rev,  Wm.  Norwood  was  appointed  one  of 
the  committee  of  four,  recommended  by  the  first,  of 
the  following  resolutions : 

"Whereas,  during  tlie  course  of  the  last  year, 
various  tracts  intended  to  promote  the  interests  of 
religion  have  been  published,  under  the  direction 
and  authority  of  this  diocese,  and  it  is  believ^ed 
their  influence  has  been  beneficial,  and  that  the  pub- 
lication of  the  same  on  a  more  extensive  scale  would 
be  highly  useful,  tlierefore, 

^^ Resolved,  1,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to 
consider  the  subject,  and  report  to  tlie  next  conven- 


Monumental  Chukch.  135 

tion  a  plan  to  carry  out  the  object  indicated  in  the 
foregoing  preamble. 

'''•Resolved^  2,  That  the  clergy  of  the  diocese  be 
requested  to  make  collections  in  their  several  par- 
ishes to  pay  the  expense  of  these  publications." 

The  secretary  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ward,  who  had 
been  appointed  a  committee  to  receive  contributions 
to  the  episcopal  and  contingt;nt  fund,  acknowledged 
the  following  receipts: 

"  Monumental  Cliurch,  Richmond,  $106." 

Mr.  S.  H.  Lewis  presented  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee on  finance: 

"The  committee  on  the  iinances  of  tlie  church, 
having  performed  the  duty  assigned  them,  beg  leave 
respectfully  to  report  that  they  find,  by  reference  to 
the  journal  of  the  last  convention,  that  it  was  made 
the  duty  of  tlie  vestries  of  the  several  parishes  to 
take  order  for  the  collection  of  a  sum,  '  equal  to 
fifty  cents  for  each  communicant,  to  be  forwarded  to 
the  convention ;'  and  whilst  they  take  pleasure  in 
stating  that  most  of  the  parishes  have  complied  with 
that  duty  with  becoming  promptness,  they  regret  to 
report  that  some  of  them  have  failed  to  do  so,  caus- 
ing a  deficit  in  onr  treasury.  We  feel  it  to  be  our 
duty  to  present  to  the  convention  a  list  of  those  who 
have  not  paid  their  quotas,  that  they  may  be  admon- 
ished of  their  delinquency. 

"The  committee  think  that  the  obligation  which 
rests  on  the  vestries  to  collect  the  moderate  amount 
required  by  the  convention  should  not  be  less  im- 
perative because  there  is  no  power  to  coerce  its  pay- 


136  History  of  the 

ment.  Witli  Christian  men  it  should  be  sufficient 
to  insure  a  cheerful  contribution  of  the  sum  assessed 
to  know  that  it  is  wanted  in  the  economical  admis- 
tration  of  the  iinancial  business  of  the  church. 

'"The  committee  have  been  generally  guided  by 
the  number  of  communicants  in  the  parochial  re- 
ports of  the  year  1839.  in  determining  the  amount 
which  each  parish  should  pay;  and  if  reference  had 
been  made  to  the  reports  of  this  year,  many  would 
have  been  charged  with  a  larger  sum. 

"A  'list  of  vestries  who  have  forwarded  their 
quotas'  in  part,'  is  then  given,  to  whicli  is  appended 
this  note: 

*'Tiie  committee  take  great  pleasure  in  stating 
that  our  E,ight  Rev.  and  beloved  Diocesan,  as  soon  as 
(he  ascertained  that  the  Monumental  Church  was  de- 
ficit to  a  considerable  amount,  promptly  assumed  its 
payment,  proposing  to  deduct  that  sum  from  the 
:$300  now  due  him  for  1839,  and  they  trust  that  this 
generous  example  will  l)e  followed  by  all  tlie  delin- 
<quent  vestries." 

Tlie  parochial  reports  were  called  for,  and  when 
the  I'eading  of  them  was  completed,  they  were  re- 
ferred to  the  appropriate  committee,  of  which  the 
Rev.  Richard  H.  Wilmer  was  chairman. 

No.  1.  Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  rector ;  Rev.  Wm. 
Norwood,  assistant  minister.  The  rector,  with  great 
gratitude  to  the  Almighty,  reports  to  the  convention 
that  the  congregation,  during  the  past  year,  have 
manifested  a  more  tlian  usual  deirree  of  attention  to 


MoNUMEisrTAL  Chcroh.  137 

the  duties  of  religion;  and  that  the  minds  of  a  con- 
siderable number  of  the  young  have,  through  the 
gracious  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  been  awakened 
to  a  due  sense  of  their  responsibility  to  heaven ;  all 
of  vvliom,  after  a  free  conversation  with  himself 
and  pious  assistant  on  the  subject  of  their  duty  to 
God,  have  tai^en  up  the  cross  of  Christ,  and  are  now 
following  their  Redeemer  in  tliat  path  He  lias  pre- 
scribed for  their  observance. 

"  The  rector  takes  great  pleasure  in  mentioning  to 
the  convention  the  debt  of  gratitude  he  owes  to  his 
heavenly  Father,  in  blessing  him  in  his  old  age  with 
an  assistant  in  his  congregation,  not  only  highly 
qualified  for  the  ministerial  otKce,  but  as  willing  as 
he  is  qualified  to  advance  the  interest  of  the  church, 
and  to  promote  the  piety  and  devotion  of  the  flock 
in  whose  behalf  he  industriously  labors. 

"  During  the  present  year  there  have  been  added 
to  the  holy  communion  28  ;  baptized,  8  adults,  and 
43  children,  together,  51  ;  confirmed,  28.'" 

On  the  cover  of  the  journal  of  the  convention  for 
the  year  1840,  I  find  printed,  "A  form  of  prayer  at 
the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  a  church  or  cluipel." 
The  form  alluded  to,  it  is  believed,  was  composed  by 
the  bishop  for  use  on  the  occasion  of  laying  the 
corner  stone  of  St.  James  Church,  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  which  church  (although  then  not  quite 
ready  for  consecration)  was  admitted  into  union 
with  the  convention  of  the  diocese  in  May,  1839. 

The  establishment  of  that  congregation,  of  which 
the  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  D.  D.,  was  the  first  minister, 


138  History  of  the 

was  rendered  necessarj  by  the  increase  of  the  num- 
ber of  episcopalians  in  Richmond,  and  the  inability 
of  some  to  obtain  regular  seats  elsewhere.  It  was 
composed  largely  of  those  who  were  in  the  habit  of 
attending  the  Monumental  Church. 

184  1. 

The  convention  assembled  in  Alexandria,  on  Wed- 
nesday, the  19th  of  May;  Bishop  Moore  presiding. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  M.  Miller  was  duly  elected 
secretary,  in  the  place  of  the  Rev.  Zachariah  Mead, 
deceased. 

Rev.  Wm.  ISorwood  took  his  seat  as  the  assistant 
minister  of  the  Monumental  Church. 

Mr.  William  Williams  and  Mr.  Thomas  Nelson 
presented  certiticates  of  their  appointment  as  lay 
delegates  from  tlie  Monumental  Churcli. 

"On  motion,  ordered  that  Mr.  Wm.  Williams  be 
appointed  treasurer  and  trustee  of  the  fund  for  the 
reliet  of  the  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  clergy- 
men in  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  to  supply  the  vacancy 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  late  Mr.  Hilary 
Baker. 

"Mr.  Wm.  Williams  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
diocesan  missionary  society.  He  was  also  elected 
treasurer  of  the  Pi'otestant  Episcopal  Association 
for  the  promotion  of  Christianity  in  Virginia — and 
a  member  of  tlie  executive  committee  of  the  same 
association." 

Tlie  committee  on  finance  reported,  among  the 
contributions  to  the  contingent  fund,  from  the 
Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  $100. 


Monumental  Chukch.  139 

'Rev.  Win.  Norwood  was  elected  one  of  the  dele- 
gates to  the  general  convention. 

Rev.  Wni.  G.  Jackson,  from  the  committee  on 
parochial  reports,  submitted  the  following: 

"Monumental  Church,  Richmond,  Right  Rev,  R. 
C.  Moore,  rector ;  baptisms :  adults,  6  ;  infants,  24 — 
total,  30.  Confirmations,  18.  Communicants  added, 
19_whole  number,  200.    Total  receipts,  $2,221. 

in  the  summer  of  this  year  Bishop  Moore  went 
to  Westchester,  Pennsylvania,  for  the  purpose  of 
ordaining  to  the  priesthood  the  Rev.  Gregorj'  T. 
Bedell,  afterwards  assistant  bishop  of  the  diocese  of 
Ohio,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bedell,  formerly  rector 
of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia,  who  was  the 
son  of  Bishop  Moore's  youngest  sister. 

The  ordination  took  place  on  Sunday,  29th  Aug. 

After  this,  having  spent  the  intervening  time 
with  liis  children  and  friends  in  New  York  and  its 
vicinity,  he  was  present  at  the  opening  of  the  gen- 
eral convention  in  that  city  on  the  6th  of  October ; 
but  returned  home  before  its  final  adjournment,  to 
comply  with  an  appointment  which  he  had  made  to 
be  in  Lynchburg  on  the  first  Sunday  in  November, 

During  the  sunnner  session  of  the  general  conven- 
tion the  Rev.  Dr.  Hcnshaw,  afterwards  Bishop  of 
Rhode  Island,  in  his  memoir  of  the  life  of  Bishop 
Moore,  says  that  on  several  occasions  he  dined  with 
his  venerated  friend,  the  bishop,  and  that  never  did 
he  appear  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  social  Christian 
intercourse  more  highly  Full  of  vivacity  and  cheer- 
fulness, abounding  in  anecdote  and  sprightly  conver- 


\ 


140  HlSTOKY  OF  THE 

sation,  he  was  the  chief  attraction  of  every  circle, 
and  liis  conversational  powers  seemed  like  a  brilliant 
jet  d'  eau,  wliich  sparkles  most  brightly  in  reflecting 
the  rays  of  tlie  setting  snn. 

From  Richiriond  to  Lynchbnrg  the  bishop  travel- 
led by  packet  boat  on  the  canal.  A  fellow-passenger, 
Judge  Balch,  of  Florida,  afterwards  told  a  friend 
that  on  board  the  boat  the  bishop  had  been  very 
cheerful ;  that  his  benig•nit3^  vivacity,  and  conversa- 
tional powers  during  the  two  days  of  their  journey 
had  rendered  his  society  exceedingly  delightful. 

He  arrived  at  Lynchburg  on  Thursday,  the  oth 
of  November. 

On  Friday  he  attended  Divine  service  in  the  fore- 
noon; in  the  afternoon  he  met  at  the  rector's  liouse 
tlie  candidates  for  confirmation,  and  niade  them  a 
very  admirable  address  on  the  qualifications  for  tliat 
holy  rite.  In  the  evening  he  attended  Divine  service 
again,  and  after  a  sermon  b}^  one  of  his  presbyters, 
he  made  an  address  characterized  by  the  highest  de- 
gree of  pathos,  animation  and  energy. 

That  night  he  was  seized  with  a  sickness  which 
terminated  his  life  the  following  Thursday  morning, 
about  a  quarter  after  one  o'clock. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  at  that  time  rector 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Lynchburg,  (now  bishop  of 
Noi'th  Ciirolina),  and  at  whose  house  Bishop  Moore 
died,  afterwards  furnished  a  statement,  giving  a  de- 
tailed account  of  the  bishop's  last  liours,  which  were 
in  beautiful  consistency  with  the  apostolic  excellence 
of  his  character. 


Monumental  Church.  141 

Dr.  Henshaw,  in  his  memoir,  appropriately  says 
of  Lira: 

"Never,  perhaps,  was  there  a  Christian  bishop 
whose  public  ministrations  were  more  fully  and  uni- 
formly attended  with  a  manifest  blessing  from  on 
high.  But  there  were  some  occasions  when  lie  ap- 
peared to  much  greater  advantage  than  at  others. 

"  If  we  were  to  name  those  when  the  unction  from 
the  Holy  One  seemed  more  abundantly  to  rest  upon 
him,  and  diffuse  around  its  sacred  odors,  we  would 
select  those  annual  ones,  when  he  was  seated  as  a 
patriarch  in  the  midst  of  his  ecclesiastical  family. 
Yes,  they  alone  have  seen  Bishop  Moore  in  his  glory, 
who  have  beheld  him  discharging  the  duties  of  his 
high  function  as  president  of  a  Virginia  convention. 

"In  the  midst  of  the  hallowed  and  interesting 
scenes  of  that  annual  festival  the  bishop  moved  as 
the  presiding  genius. 

"He  was  the  centre  of  attraction  and  unity  to  the 
numerous  family  of  devoted  and  affectionate  chil- 
dren by  which  he  was  surrounded.  He  was  a  leader 
or  participator  in  the  numerous  devotional  services 
which  took  place  day  after  day,  and  night  after  night. 
His  heart  glowed  with  the  kindled  fervors  of  faith 
and  love;  his  eyes  sparkled  under  the  inspiration  of 
hope  and  joy;  and  his  tongue  flowed  with  melting 
eloquence,  as  now  he  urged  his  ministers  to  greater 
zeal  and  faithfulness,  and  then  exhorted  the  people 
to  repentance  and  holy  life." 

These  annual  conventions  were  to  him  sources  of 
unaffected  pleasure  and  delight.     As  amidst  these 


142  History  of  the 

times  of  refreshing  he  behekl  the  word  of  God  tak- 
ing effect  upon  the  liearts  and  consciences  of  the 
people,  and  witnessed  answers  to  prayer  in  the  con- 
version of  sinners,  he  rose  to  higher  and  higher  de- 
grees of  enjoyment,  till,  as  the  end  drew  near,  it 
seemed  as  if  he  were  in  a  rapture  or  ecstasy, — -just 
ready,  like  Elijah,  to  go  up  in  a  cliariot  of  fire  to 
heaven. 

"Never  have  we  witnessed  a  spectacle  wliich  so 
neai-ly  answered  to  our  idea  of  the  purity  and  joy 
and  love  of  the  primitive  church,  as  the  closing 
scene  of  a  Virginia  convention.  When  the  body  of 
weeping  clergy  gathered  around  the  altar,  while  in 
the  presence  of  a  crowded  but  prajnng  assembly, 
their  Right  Reverend  father  in  God,  with  shaking 
hands  and  whitened  locks,  stood  before  them  as  an 
appropriate  representative  and  successor  of  the 
apostles,  and  with  streaming  eyes,  and  a  voice  trem- 
ulous with  emotion,  gave  them  his  parting  coun- 
sels, and  pronounced  over  them  his  affectionate  fare- 
well, a  scene  was  presented  upon  which  attending 
angels  might  gaze  witli  rapture. 

"Bishop  Moore  was  so  long  a  resident  of  Rich- 
mond, that  his  person  was  well  known  to  almost  all 
its  inhabitants. 

"He  was  considered  as  a  kind  of  patriarch  in  the 
city,  of  whom  all  were  proud  as  one  of  its  greatest 
ornaments. 

"As  he  moved  to  and  fro  through  the  streets  on 
his  frequent  visits  to  the  church,  and  other  errands 
of  devotion  and  benevolence,  with  his  silvery  locks 


Monumental  Church.  143 

floating  upon  the  breeze,  and  his  devout  countenance 
lifted  to  the  heavens,  his  venerable  aspect  com- 
manded the  attention  of  beholders,  and  called  forth 
the  tokens  of  homage  which  uncorrupted  youth  and 
virtuous  manhood  ever  pay  to  the  hoary  head, 
when  found  in  the  way  of  righteousness.  Even 
childhood  paused  in  its  sports,  and  suspended  its  re- 
creations as  he  passed,  to  gaze  on  him  witli  glad- 
ness, as  one  to  be  venerated  and  loved. 

"The  thoughtless  and  giddy  votaries  of  mammon 
or  pleasure  might  sneer  'at  his  piety,  and  scotf  at 
what  they  deemed  his  credulity  and  superstition  ;  yet 
as  he  passed  through  the  busy  throng,  occupied 
with  reflections  and  pursuits  widely  different  from 
theirs,  even  they,  doubtless,  thought  at  times  that 
their  condition  was  bettered  by  the  kindly  warmth 
of  his  charity,  and  that  they  were  perhaps  indebted 
for  their  preservation  to  the  influence  of  his  prayers. 

"Even  the  criminal  and  vicious,  to  whom  his  prin- 
ciples and  life  had  been  a  constant  reproof,  would 
deem  his  removal  a  common  loss,  producing  a 
blank  which  could  not  easily  be  filled ;  for  the 
wicked,  who  aftect  to  despise  the  righteous  man  liv- 
ing, often  mourn  his  death  as  a  public  calamity. 
Accordingly,  when  the  bishop's  death  was  an- 
nounced, there  were  few  indeed  in  that  community 
who  did  not  feel  as  if  they  had  lost  a  friend  and  a 
father. 

"Almost  the  entire  population  of  the  city  joined 
the  funeral  procession  which  followed  his  remains  to 
their  last  resting  place,  and  mingled  their  tears  over 
his  sepulchre." 


144:  History  of  the 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood,  tlian  whom  few  could 
have  enjoyed  better  opportunties  of  knowing  and 
appreciating  the  merits  of  the  lamented  l)ishop  in 
the  closing  years  of  his  life,  prepared  a  sketch  of 
his  life  and  character,  which  was  extensively  pub- 
lished, and  has  been  preserved  in  the  Southern  Lit- 
erary Messenger,  Vol.  YIII,  January,  1842.  The 
subjoined  extract  is  from  that  sketch : 

"  But  it  is  in  liis  parochial  character,  as  rector  of  the 
Monumental  Church  congregation,  that  he  is  best 
known  and  most  beloved  in  Richmond, 

''His  pastoral  labors  here,  for  twenty-seven  j^ears, 
have  exceedingly  endeared  him  to  his  congregation. 
Gentle,  aimble,  kind  and  courteous,  with  a  heart 
full  to  overflowing  with  benevolence,  with  a  charity 
whicli  included  in  the  wide  circle  of  liis  affection 
all  the  lost  world  for  whom  the  Redeemer  died  ; 
always  under  tlie  influence  of  the  most  kindly  feel- 
ing for  all  men,  and  the  tenderest  sympathy  for  the 
afflicted,  he  associated  with  his  people  as  their  spirit- 
ual father  and  guide. 

"He  delighted  in  the  gospel;  Christ  crucified 
was  his  constant  theme,  and  he  loved  especially  to 
dwell  in  his  preaching  on  the  bright  and  cheering 
topics  of  Christianity. 

"The  mercy  of  God;  the  tender  and  kind  invita- 
tions of  the  Saviour;  the  soothing  consolations  of 
religion,  and  its  glorious  hopes,  constituted  the  bur- 
then of  his  preaching ;  and  when  set  forth  with  great 
animation,  the  most  moving  pathos  in  an  eloquent 
style  of  composition,  aided  by  a  delightful  voice  and 


Monumental  Church.  145 

and  line  manner,  gave  to  his  preaching  a  peculiar 
charm  which  all  appreciated. 

"  He  dearly  loved  the  liturgy  of  the  church  ;  and  as 
in  its  eloquent  and  holy  strains  he  presented  to  God 
the  prayers  and  praises  of  his  people  he  often  wept. 

"Lov^e  to  God  and  love  to  man  dwelt  in  his  bosom 
and  pervaded  his  conversation  and  sermons.  He 
could  seldom  speak  of  the  dying  love  of  Christ  with- 
out tears;  and  like  the  beloved  apostle  whom  Jesus 
most  loved,  and  whom  he  greatly  resembled  in 
character,. the  prevailing  sentiment  of  this  aged  min- 
ister of  Christ,  during  his  latter  years,  was,  '  Little 
children,  love  one  anotlier.' 

"  O  that  his  bereaved  people  may  remember  and 
obey  this  godly  admonition. 

"  They  will  love  liim,  and  well  tliey  may  ;  for  there 
are  few  of  the  younger  part  of  them  whom  he  aid 
not  receive  in  those  arms  now  cold  and  stiff  in  death, 
and  at  the  baptismal  font  dedicated  them  to  God's 
service,  and  admit  them  into  tlie  Church  of  Christ, 
and  make  them  heirs  of  all  the  precious  promises  of 
the  Christian  covenant. 

"  O  that  the}^  may  never  forget  the  obligations 
then  assumed  for  them,  and  that  tliey  may  not,  by 
failure  to  comply  with  the  conditions  of  salvation, 
forfeit  that  rich  inheritance,  the  title  to  which  was 
then  bestowed  upon  them. 

"  Most  of  those  of  his  flock  who  now  mourn  his 
loss  also  had  their  earthly  happiness  cemented  by 
him  in  holy  matrimony.  The  large  body  of  com- 
municants now  worshipping  in  the  Monumental 
Clmrch  were  all,  with  very  few  exceptions,  admitted 

10 


146  History  of  the 

to  that  sacred  means  of  grace  by  the  imposition  of 
his  hands  in  the  apostolic  and  beautiful  rite  of  con- 
firmation. 

"  Often  have  they  assembled  around  that  chancel 
before  which  his  venerated  remains  so  lately  lay 
cold  in  the  embrace  of  death,  and  seen  that  much 
loved  form  instinct  with  life  within  their  kneelins: 
circle,  and  heard  that  gentle  and  dear  voice,  now 
silent  for  ever,  invite  them  in  the  most  affectionate 
tones  to  the  spiritual  feast  of  their  Lord,  and  receive 
from  his  hands  the  emblems  of  the  crucified  body 
and  shed  blood  of  their  dying  Redeemer. 

"Brethren,  lot  the  raemorj^  of  these  consecrated 
scenes  of  the  communion  of  saints  never  fade  from 
your  minds,  and  never  forget  the  faithful  teaching 
of  this  godly  old  man. 

"  Few  among  yon  who  so  latel}'-  followed  the  be- 
loved pastor  to  his  last  resting-place  on  earth,  have 
not  been  led  by  him  to  that  city  of  the  dead  where 
his  dust  will  lie  until  summoned  on  the  resurrection 
morn  by  the  archangel's  trump  to  a  new  and  eternal 
life;  you  have  there  seen  him  commit  your  loved 
ones  to  the  grave,  in  the  solemn  service  of  your 
church,  and  with  the  trembling  accents  of  the 
deepest  sympathy  and  tenderest  love. 

"Remember,  also,  those  solemn  scenes,  and  O, 
prepare  to  follow  them  to  the  tomb,  and  him  to  the 
bliss  of  heaven  ! 

"  He  loved  social  and  friendly  intercourse  with  his 
people,  and  all  have  enjoyed  his  sprightly  and  cheer- 
ful conversations,  and  heard  his  fatherly  advice  and 
spiritual  encouragement  around  their  firesides." 


Monumental  Church.  147 

Bisliop  Meade,  wlio  in  conjunction  witli  two  or 
three  others  had  been  most  active  in  callini>:  him  to 
Virginia,  in  a  statement  quoted  by  Bishop  Johns,  ex- 
presses liimself  thus : 

"I  was  not  so  well  pleased  with  him  at  first  as  I 
expected.  He  brought  with  him  more  of  New  York 
than  was  to  mj  taste,  or  the  taste  of  many  others. 
But  his  good  sense,  his  amiable  disposition,  and  sin- 
cere piety,  gradually  accommodated  him  to  the 
clergy  and  people  of  Virginia ;  and  we  all  loved 
him  more  and  more  to  his  life's  end,  and  he  became 
more  and  more  one  of  us  every  year." 

"  Bishop  Moore  had  some  line  qualifications  for 
the  work  of  revival. 

"  His  venerable  form,  his  melodious  voice,  his  pop- 
ular preacliing,  his  evangelical  doctrines,  his  amiable 
disposition,  his  fund  of  anecdote  in  private,  and  his 
love  for  the  church,  all  contributed  to  make  him 
popular  and  successful,  so  far  as  he  was  able  to  visit 
and  put  forth  effort." 

The  address  of  Bishop  Meade  to  tlie  next  conven- 
tion commences  with  this  reference  to  the  bereave- 
ment that  the  diocese  had  sustained: 

"The  great  head  of  the  church,  who  for  a  long 
time  has  continued  to  the  diocese  of  Virginia  the 
counsel  and  superintendence  of  a  very  beloved  father, 
has,  since  our  last  meeting,  been  pleased  very  sud- 
denly to  take  him  away.  I  hope  it  will  only  make 
us  look  the  more  humbly  and  steadily  to  Him  from 
whom  all  good  counsels  come,  tliat  the  interests  of 
true  religion  may  not  suffer  in  our  hands. 


148  History  of  the 

"If  there  be  any  of  yon,  my  friends,  who  deeply 
feel  the  absence  of  onr  beloved  father,  (and  which 
of  you  does  not !)  how  ninch  more  must  I,  wlio  for 
so  many  years  had  been  unitedly  and  harmoniously 
laboring  at  his  side,  as  a  son  with  his  fatlier,  and 
who  had  begun  seriously  to  think  that  rriy  auxiliary 
services  might  probably  be  over  before  he  should  be 
called  to  his  rest. 

"God  has  otherwise  determined,  and  pernjitted  to 
devolve  on  one  illy  able,  either  in  body  or  mind,  to 
sustain  it,  the  undivided  responsibility  of  superin- 
tending this  diocese. 

"It  is  not  my  intention  to  undertake  either  an 
eulogy  or  biography  of  our  departed  father ;  that 
having  already  been  done,  and  often  and  well  done, 
by  others,  both  from  the  pulpit  and  the  press.  And 
indeed  there  was  something  so  peculiarly  amiable  in 
his  character,  and  so  correspondingly  interesting  and 
venerable  in  his  form  and  countenance  and  manner, 
that  it  were  worse  than  useless  to  attempt  a  deline- 
ation of  one  who  has  been  so  recently  among  us, 
and  who  can  be  so  much  better  remembered  than 
described. 

"May  God  rather  give  us  grace  to  imitate  those 
traits  which  endeared  him  to  the  heart.  For  myself, 
who  of  necessity  must  now  take  his  place,  and  enter 
more  entirely  upon  all  the  anxieties  and  responsi- 
bilities of  the  Episcopal  otiice,  I  must  ask  of  3'ou, 
my  brethren,  both  of  the  clergy  and  laity,  not  only 
great  indulgence  for  infirmities  and  unfitnesses,  of 
which  I  am  daily  more  and  more  sensible,  but  a  very 


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Monumental  Church.  149 

large  share  in  your  most  earnest  entreaties  at  a 
throne  of  grace,  that  the  cause  yon  have  entrusted 
to  me  may  not  suffer.  This  I  ask  not  in  feigned  hu- 
mihty,  but,  as  God  knows,  from  tlie  very  depth  of  a 
heart  whicli  feels  more  of  its  delioiences  than  can  be 
known  to  any  human  being." 

In  tlie  convention  itself,  after  the  delivery  of  this 
address,  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  Edmund  Fontaine, 
the  lay  delegate  from  St.  Martin's  Parish,  Hanover, 
it  was — 

''''Resolved^  That  a  committee,  consisting  of  four  of 
the  clergy  and  four  of  the  laity,  be  appointed  to 
consider  and  report  to  this  convention  some  appro- 
priate mode  of  expressing  its  sense  of  the  loss  which 
the  church  has  sustained  in  the  death  of  its  late 
venerable  and  beloved  diocesan,  and  also  of  testify- 
ing its  respect  for  his  memory." 

The  chair  appointed  the  following  gentlemen  to 
compose  the  committee,  viz  : 

Rev.  Messrs.  Woodbriclge,  Cobbs,  McGuire,  and 
Adie.  Messrs.  Fontaine,  Lewis,  Burwell,  and  Carter 
H.  Harrison. 

On  the  next  day,  the  Rev.  Geo.  Woodbridge  pre- 
sented the  following: 

"  Tlie  special  committee  appointed  to  consider  so 
much  of  the  bishop's  address  as  relates  to  the  late 
bisliop  of  this  diocese,  have  performed  tlie  duty  as- 
signed them,  and  beg  leave  to  report : 

"Whereas,  This  convention  deeply  feel  the  loss 
of  that  venerable  man  and  father  in  God,  the  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  who  has  for  so  many 


150  History  of  the 

years  presided  at  their  meetings,  and  whose  patriar- 
chal form  was  wont  to  be  the  fii'st  object  they  saw 
when  they  assembled  together,  but  whom  God  hath 
now  taken  to  Himself,  full  of  years  and  full  of 
honors;  and  deeming  it  expedient  to  express  their 
high  sense  of  his  services  and  their  gratitude  to  God, 
who  has  so  long  spared  him  to  the  church  in  Vir- 
ginia, therefore — 

^"Resolved,  That  the  church  in  this  diocese  owes 
much  of  its  success  to  his  singular  wisdom  and  pru- 
dence, and  that  we  esteem  it  an  evidence  of  the  good- 
ness of  God,  that  one  of  such  higli  and  peculiar  quali- 
fications should  have  been  so  long  spared,  to  guide  us 
by  liis  counsels  and  edify  us  by  liis  example. 

^'■Resolved,  That  in  the  unbending  integrity  of  his 
his  principles;  in  the  uniform  consistency  of  Jiis  life; 
in  the  primitive  simplicity  of  his  manners;  in  tlie 
affectionate  tenderness  of  his  disposition ;  in  his 
quiet,  pacific,  and  conciliatory  deportment  towards 
all  men ;  in  the  fervor  and  zeal,  the  fidelity  and  elo- 
quence with  whicli  he  preaclied  the  gospel  of  Christ; 
in  the  promptitude  and  diligence,  the  love  and 
sympathy  which  lie  manifested  as  pastor  of  a  con- 
gregation; in  the  prudence,  moderation  and  paternal 
spirit  with  which  he  administered  the  affairs  of  the 
diocese;  in  the  judgment  with  which  he  presided 
over  the  deliberations  of  the  convention,  and  tlie 
patient  attention  with  which  he  listened  to  all  who 
opposed  his  sentiments;  in  tlie  condescension  and 
kindness  which  marked  his  intercourse  with  the 
clergy,  he  has   established  for  himself  a  character 


Monumental  Church.  151 

which,  for  the  loveliness  of  its  graces  and  tlie  brightr 
ness  of  its  example,  the  cliurch  in  Vii'ginia  may  de- 
light to  contemplate,  and  which  she  may  well  cherish 
as  one  of  her  most  valuable  legacies. 

^^ Resolved^  Tiiat  we  tender  to  liis  surviving  family 
our  most  affectionate  respect  and  sympathy,  and  that 
it  be  recommended  to  the  church  throughout  the 
diocese  to  subscribe  for  his  life  and  sermons,  about 
to  be  published  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henshaw." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Episcopal  clergy  in  Richmond, 
(consisting  of  the  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  D.  D.,  the 
Rev.  Geo.  Woodbridge,  the  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hart,  and 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood;  the  Rev.  James  Doughan, 
residing  in  Lynchburg,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes, 
of  the  diocese  of  New  Jersey,  l)eing  also  present  and 
concurring),  on  Monday,  the  15th  of  November, 
1841,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were 
offered,  and  unanimously  adopted : 

"  Since  it  hath  pleased  ah  AUwise  Providence  to 
remove  from  his  earthly  labors  our  Right  Reverend 
Father  in  God,  Richard  Channing  Moore,  bishop  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  diocese  of 
"Virginia,  we  adopt  the  following  resolutions,  as  a 
feeble  expression  of  our  views  and  feelings,  and  as  a 
tribute  of  respect  and  affection  for  one  wliom  all 
loved  and  venerated,  under  a  full  persuasion  that 
they  will  meet  with  a  cordial  response  and  sympathy 
in  every  part  of  this  diocese  and  of  our  church : 

"1.  Resolved^  That  tlie  church  of  Virginia,  under 
God,  owes  a  higli  debt  of  gratitude  to  the  deceased, 
for  the  untiring  zeal  and  the  signal  success  and  lidel- 


152  History  of  the 

ity  with  which,  during  twenty-seven  years  past,  he 
has  exercised  the  Episcopal  office  within  its  borders; 
and  that  while  we  desire  duly  to  acknowledge  the 
hand  of  God  in  all  our  mercies,  we  cannot  but  view 
the  vast  increase  of  our  church,  in  numbers  and  pros- 
perity, and  the  wide  spread  prevalence  of  pure  and 
undetiled  religion  among  us.  as  produced,  in  a  great 
degree,  under  Divine  grace,  through  the  agency  and 
instrumentality  of  the  evangelical  spirit  and  apos- 
tolic labors  of  our  lamented  diocesan. 

"2.  Resolved^  That  in  calling  His  aged  servant 
from  the  field  of  his  eartlily  labors  to  his  reward 
above,  the  Great  Disposer  of  all  events  not  only  ex- 
pects our  gratitude  for  a  public  blessing  so  long 
vouchsafed  to  the  church,  but  also  addresses  a  voice 
•of  solemn  warning  to  all  the  clergy  of  this  diocese, 
to  do  the  work  of  evangelists  faithfully,  to  trim  their 
lamps  and  prepare  for  their  last  account;  and  that 
it  tlierefore  becomes  us  all  to  invoke  the  aid  of  the 
Divine  Spirit  tliat  this  public  bereavement  of  the 
whole  church  may  be  sanctified  to  every  member  of 
our  Zion. 

i"  3.  Resolved^  That  we  tender  to  the  family  of  the 
deceased,  and  to  all  tlieii' immediate  connections,  the 
assurances  of  our  sympathy  and  condolence,  and  that 
we  invoke  upon  them  the  blessing  of  Him  who  af- 
flicts in  love,  and  has  promised  to  be  the  Ffitlier  of 
the  fatherless. 

"4.  Resolved,  That  we  will  wear  the  ordinary 
tokens  of  mourning,  and  have  our  churches  also  hung 
in  mournins:  for  three  months. 


d 


Monumental  Church.  153 

"5,  Resolved^  That  we  present  to  the  Eight  Rev. 
William  Meade,  upon  whom  the  Episcopal  charge 
of  the  diocese  now  devolves,  a  cordial  expression  of 
our  attachment  and  confidence,  and  that  we  do  here- 
by assure  him  of  our  hearty  co-operation  in  our  ap- 
propriate spheres,  in  all  his  efforts  to  advance  the 
interests  of  religion  and  the  prosperity  of  the  church. 
"Adam  Empie,  Chairman. 

"Wm.  Norwood,  Secretary P 

The  Richmond  Whig.,  edited  by  Mr.   Alexander 

Moseley,  says  of  him: 

"Few  men  have  lived  who  performed  all  the  duties 
of  a  good  Christian  and  good  citizen  with  a  sweeter 
grace,  and  never  was  pastor  more  beloved  by  those 
entrusted  to  his  care." 

The  Richmond  Compiler.,  edited  by  Mr.  James  A. 
Cowardin,  says  : 

"  This  event  has  sorely  afflicted  his  church  ;  the 
loss  of  so  good,  so  venerable  a  minister  may  well 
bear  heavily  upon  its  members ;  but  the  dispensation 
which  so  afflicts  them  imparts  sorrow  throughout 
this  community,  for  everybody  regarded  the  aged 
man  of  God  with  no  ordinary  feelings  of  veneration 
and  attachment. 

"  For  more  than  fifty  years  has  he  filled  the  sta- 
tion of  a  minister  in  the  Episcopal  church,  and  no 
prelate  ever  engrossed  a  greater  share  of  the  love  of 
those  whose  spiritual  welfare  he  had  in  cliarge.  In 
his  intercourse  with  our  citizens,  his  simplicity,  his 


154:  History  of  the 

bland  and  gentle  manners,  his  kindlieartedness, 
and  the  nnaffected  dignity  of  his  deportment,  com- 
manded the  respect  and  love  of  all.  No  one  could 
see  the  aged  bishop  moving  along  our  streets,  v^dth 
his  old-fashioned  and  becoming  dress,  his  silvery 
locks  streaming  over  his  shoulders,  and  his  counte- 
nance beaming  with  tlie  peace  and  love  that  dwelt  in 
his  heart,  witliout  doing  him  involuntary  homage. 

"There  was  a  harmony  in  his  character,  a  beauty 
in  his  life,  which  gave  him  great  influence  and  made 
him  beloved. 

"What  citizen  is  not  pained  at  the  reflection,  that 
he  will  no  more  see  this  good  man  in  our  streets; 
that  he  will  not  ao-ain  see  him  adorning'  with  meek 
and  unafi'ected  grace  the  same  sacred  desk,  or  hear 
from  his  lips  precepts  of  virtue  and  lessons  of  truth 
and  wisdom? 

"With  peculiar  propriety  may  we  say  of  him, 
that  he  died  full  of  years  and  full  of  honors. 

"At  a  ripe  old  age,  after  a  long  term  of  service, 
which  was  faithfully  discharged,  has  he  been  taken 
away  from  his  flock  and  the  community  that  loved 
him,  to  rest  in  the  bosom  of  his  God. 

"When  reflecting  upon  his  death,  how  appro- 
priately may  we  exclaim,  'O  that  I  may  die  the 
death  of  the  righteous,  and  may  my  last  end  be  like 
his.'" 

Let  us  hear  also  what  the  Richmond  EnqidreVy 
edited  by  Mr.  Thos.  Ritchie,  says : 


Monumental  Church.  155 

"Death  loves  a  shining  mark  !  The  rumor  wliich 
we  stated  on  Friday  last,  of  the  convalescence  of  the 
Eiffht  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  was  soon  succeeded 
by  the  most  melancholy  intelligence,  and  it  grieves  us 
inexpressibly  to  state  that  the  good  bishop  is  gathered 
unto  his  fathers 

"He  breatlied  his  last  at  Lynchburg;  and  on 
Saturday  night  his  i-emains  were  conveyed  to  this 
cit}'  in  one  of  the  canal  boats. 

"We  have  never  known  so  deep  a  distress  pro- 
duced in  Richmond  by  the  loss  of  any  man. 

"He  had  set  out  on  Wednesday,  the  3rd  inst.,  on 
a  pastoral  visit  to  Lynchbui'g.  He  preached  twice 
to  large  crowds  in  that  city  Friday,  and  exliorted  on 
the  same  night,  with  an  energy  and  effect  which  as- 
tonished all  who  heard  him;  but  on  that  night  he 
was  seized  with  a  congestion  of  the  lungs,  which 
baffled  all  the  art  of  medicine. 

"He  died  as  he  had  lived — a  Christian. 

"  He  received  the  intelligence  of  his  approaching 
end  with  an  equanimity  which  had  always  dis- 
tinguished his  character.  'It  is  well'  said  he,  'I 
hope  I  am  prepared  for  this  world  or  the  next.'  He 
breathed  his  last  on  Thursday  morning. 

"'x\s  soon  as  the  tidings  of  liis  death  reached  us, 
the  bell  of  the  Second  Baptist  Cliurch,  (the  Rev. 
Mr.  Magoon's,)  began  to  toll,  and  announced  the  in- 
telligence to  a  mourning  city. 

"His  body  was  conveyed  to  the  Monumental 
Church,  on  Saturday  nio-ht,  and  on  the  Sabbath  the 


156  History  of  the 

last  funeral  ceremonies  took  place.  The  town  bell 
was  tolled  from  sunrise  to  the  end  of  the  service. 

"The  church  was  tilled  to  overflowing.  The  spec- 
tacle was  affecting  beyond  description.  Persons  of 
every  sect  flocked  thither  to  pay  their  last  tribute  of 
respect  to  one  who  had  been  the  ornament  of  human 
nature.  Six  ministers  of  the  Episcopal  Church  were 
in  the  chancel,  and  two  in  the  pulpit.  The  services 
of  the  day  were  most  appropriate  to  the  occasion. 
Mr.  Empie  read  one  of  the  finest  chapters  in  the 
Scriptures;  and  Mr.  Norwood  preached  tlie  funeral 
sermon  from  the  memorable  text  in  the  twenty-first 
verse  of  the  first  chapter  of  Paul's  Epistle  to  the 
Philippians,  'For  me  to  die  is. gain.' 

''It  was  a  beautiful  and  most  toucliing  discourse, — 
frequently  interrupted  by  tlie  tears  of  the  orator,  and 
calling  forth  from  liis  large  congregation  the  most 
genial  sympathies  of  human  nature.  He  gave  a 
striking  sketch  of  the  life  of  Bishop  Moore,  and  pro- 
nounced a  noble  and  most  just  eulogium  on  tlie  char- 
acter of  the  deceased;  but  (as  was  well  remarked  to 
us  by  a  minister  of  another  congregation,)  the  best 
eulogium  was  the  tears  of  his  hearers. 

"Every  heart  sympathized  with  the  last  words  of 
the  preacher, — '  O  that  I  may  die  the  death  of  the 
righteous,  and  my  last  end  be  like  his.'  The  proces- 
sion moved  on  from  the  cliur(;h  to  the  city  burying 
ground  near  the  Poorhouse  in  the  following  order, 
under  the  management  of  Messrs.  James  Lyons  and 
Thomas  Nelson ;  otficiating  clergy,  Rev,  Dr.  Empie 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood : 


Monumental  Church.  15Y 

The  Hearse* 
Pall-beakees. 
Kev.  Geo.  Woodbridge,  Kev.  E.  B.  Croes, 

Eev.  Mr.  Cobbs,  Kev.  Mr.  Doughan, 

E,ev.  Mr.  Atkiusou,  Rev.  Mr.  Hart. 

Other  clergy. 
Family  of  deceased. 
Other  mourners. 
Vestry  of  Monumental  Church. 
The  oldest  communicants  of  the  church. 

Medical  faculty. 

Congregation  of  the  Monumental  Church. 

Citizens  generally. 

"  We  have  never  seen  so  long  and  mournfnl  a  pro- 
cession in  this  city.  More  tlian  sixty  carriages  at- 
tended, and  the  number  of  foot-passengers — ladies 
as  well  as  gentlemen — without  distinction,  notwith- 
standing the  clouds  of  dust  which  enveloped  them, 
was  immense.  Peace  be  to  the  asiies  of  this  good 
man !" 

At  a  meeting  of  the  managers  of  the  Bible  Society 
of  Virginia,  held  in  this  city,  on  the  19tli  of  Novem- 
ber, 1841,  and  specially  called  on  account  of  the 
death  of  the  late  Rev.  Richard  Clianning  Moore, 
who  for  nearly  twenty  years  prior  to  his  decease 
was  the  president  of  tlie  society,  the  following  reso- 
lutions were  unanimously  adopted  : 

"  1.  Resolved,  That  in  tlie  death  of  this  venerable 
servant  of  God  the  Bible  Society  comes  in  for  a 
large  share  of  the  affliction  occasioned  by  his  removal 
from  this  w^orld, 

"  2.  Resolved,  That  the  members  of   this  Board 


158  History  of  the 

cherisli  with  warm. Christian  affection  the  memory  of 
their  deceased  president,  and  feel  themselves  called 
upon,  by  the  remembrance  of  his  zeal  and  urban- 
ity of  manners  in  all  his  intercourse  with  them,  to 
follow  him  as  he  followed  Christ,  and  especially  to 
work  while  it  is  called  to-day,  for  the  niglit  cometh 
wdien  no  man  can  work. 

"  3.  Resolved,  That  these  resolutions,  besides  be- 
ing duly  recorded,  shall  be  ]->ublished  in  all  the  pa- 
pers of  this  city,  with  tlie  request  that  they  be  Copied 
in  all  the  other  papers  throughout  the  State. 

"  4.  Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions, 
duly  certified,  be  sent  to  tlie  family  of  Bishop  Moore, 
with  the  assurance  of  the  affectionate  sympatliy  of 
tliis  Board  with  them  in  their  great  loss. 

"  A  true  extract  from  the  minutes. 

"  Fabius  M.  Lawson,  Secretary.'''' 

Monument  to  Bishop  Mooke. 

Pursuant  to  notice  previously  given,  a  number  of 
the  gentlemen  belonging  to  the  congregation  ol  the 
Monumental  Church,  in  the  city  of  Hichmond,  met 
on  the  30th  of  November,  for  the  purpose  of  adopt- 
ing measures  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  memory  of 
their  late  pastor.  Bishop  Moore. 

Mr.  Philip  Harrison  was  appointed  chairman  of 
the  meeting,  and  Mr.  William  Williams  secretary. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  then 
proposed  and  adopted : 

"  Whereas  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  remove 
from  this  world  our  venerable  pastor,  the  Right  Rev. 


Monumental  Church.  159 

Richard  Channing  Moore,  and  it  is  oar  desire,  by  a 
suitable  monument  over  his  remains,  to  manifest  our 
respect  for  his  character  and  perpetuate  his  remem- 
brance amongst  us.  And  believing  that  many  of 
his  friends  throughout  the  State,  and  of  the  congre- 
gations in  the  diocese  over  which  he  so  long  and 
faithfully  presided,  would  esteem  it  a  privilege  to 
contribute  to  the  same  object,  l)e  it  therefore — 

"  Resolved^  That  the  rector  and  wardens  of  this 
church  be,  and  thej'  are  hereby  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  contract  for  and  cause  to  be  erected  a  jnonu- 
ment  over  the  remains  of  our  late  beloved  pastor, 
the  Higlit  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore. 

'■'■  Besolved,  That  Wm.  H.  Hubbard,  of  this  city, 
be  appointed  treasurer  of  said  committee,  and  that 
he  be  requested  forthwith  to  open  a  subscription 
paper,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  contributions 
towards  the  erection  of  said  monument,  and  the 
amount  received  held  subject  to  the  disposal  of  said 
committee. 

'"'■Resolved^  That  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting 
be  published  in  the  newspapers  of  this  city,  and  in 
the  Southern  Churchman. 

"  [Signed  by]        Philip  Harrison,  Chairman. 

''  William  Williams,  Secretary P 

"In  conformity  with  the  above  resolutions,  a  sub- 
scription paper  has  been  opened  at  the  store  of 
Hubbard,  Gardner  &  Co.,  where  all  those  who  feel 
disposed  to  contribute  to  the  above  object  will  please 
apply.  "  William  H,  Hubbard, 

''''Treasurer  Monumental  ChurchP 

''Dccemher  3,  1841." 


160  HlSTOKY  OF  THE 

The  Monument  to  Bishop  Moore  in  the   City 
Cemetery. 

The  base  of  this  monument  consists  of  a  piece  of 
granite,  on  which  is  placed  a  block  of  marble, 
chiselled  into  the  shape  of  an  antique  sarcophagus, 
from  the  centre  of  which  arises  a  pyramid;  tlie 
whole  attaining  the  height  of  16  feet  8  inches.  On 
the  eastern  side  of  the  sarcophagus  is  this  inscrip- 
tion : 

"EICHAKD  CHANNING  MOORE,  D.  D., 

WAS  BOKN  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NeW  YoRK, 

August  21st,  1762. 

He  labored  faithfully  and  acceptably  iu 

the  ministry  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  rA  years. 

He  was  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church 

iu  Richmond, 

and  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia, 

27  years. 

In  the  convention  that  called  him  to  the 

Episcopate 

there  were  only  7  members  ; 

at  the  time  of  his  death  there  were  95 

clergy  in  the  Diocese  of  Virginia. 

He  died  in  Lynchburg,  Va., 

November  11,  1841, 

at  the  age  of  79." 

On  the  opposite  side  is  an  inscription  commem- 
orative of  Mrs.  Moore. 

At  the  base  of  the  pyramid,  on  the  east  side,  is 
sculptured  in  bas-relief  a  cross,  over  a  portion  of 
which   some  drapery  is  hung,  and  on  the  opposite 


Monumental  Church.  161 

side  an  altar ;  on  the  northern  side  there  is  a  repre- 
sentation of  a  Bible,  with  the  following  inscription 
thereon  :  Daniel,  chapter  xii. 

"They  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  tiie  brightness 
of  the  firmament,  and  they  that  tura  many  to  right- 
eousness as  the  stars  for  ever  and  ever." 

And  on  the  opposite  side  a  prayer  book  is  repre- 
sented, with  this  inscription  :  "In  the  midst  of  life 
we  are  in  death." 

The  remains  of  Mrs.  Moore,  which  were  buried  in 
the  yard  of  the  church  in  182'!,  were  interred  after- 
wards in  the  same  grave  which  contains  those  of  the 
bishop,  before  the  monument  was  erected. 

The  school*  connected  with  the  Monumental 
Church,  established  by  Bishop  Moore,  M^as  among 
the  earliest,  if  not  the  first,  established  in  Richmond. 
It  was  opened  on  the  20th  day  of  November,  1817. 

At  first  the  meetings  of  the  school  were  held  in 
two  small  rooms  in  the  tower  of  the  church,  over  the 
vestry-room;  subsequently  it  was  removed  to  a  room 
fronting  on  Eleventh  street,  facing  the  east  door  of 
the  City  Hall,  between  Broad  and  Capitol  streets, 
forming  a  part  of  Southgate's  old  building,  for  a 
description  of  which  see  "Richmond  in  Bygone 
Days,"  written  by  the  late  Mr.  Mordecai,  and  con- 
verted into  the  Powhatan  House,  now  commonly 
called  "  Ford's  Hotel;"  the  Sunday-school  was  after- 

*  Note.  — That  school- room  stood  on  the  northwest  comer  of 
the  church,  but  was  removed  to  the  east  side,  and  enlarged  in 
1876. 

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162  History  of  the 

wards  removed  to  the  galleries  of  the  church,  where 
it  continued  to  be  held  until  the  completion  of  the 
Sunday-school-room  in  the  cliurch  yard,  the  corner- 
stone of  which  was  laid  1st  Jul}^,  1828. 

In  the  beginning  the  school  was  composed  exclu- 
sively of  the  poor;  and  one  difficulty  experienced 
w^as  the  expense  which  it  involved  of  providing 
clothes  for  the  children ;  for  the  parents  would  often 
say  they  had  no  objection  to  their  children  attend- 
ing the  school,  except  the  want  of  suitable  clothing 
for  them  to  appear  in. 

To  obviate  this  difficulty  collections  were  taken  up, 
at  first  in  private,  by  collectors  appointed  for  the 
purpose,  and  subsequently  by  the  wardens  in  the 
church. 

During  divine  service,  the  scholars,  for  a  number 
of  years,  sat  together  in  the  gallery,  even  after  the 
children  of  the  wealthier  parents  of  the  congregation 
(pew  holders)  began  to  attend  the  school,  and  at 
least  two  teachers  were  always  detailed  to  sit  with 
them. 

Whole  number  of  scholars  in  the  first  seven  years, 
365,  some  of  whom  remained  in  the  school  during 
that  entire  period.  Many  of  these  scholars  became 
useful  and  very  estimable  citizens,  and  some  are  now 
actively  engaged  in  business.* 

*  Note.  — I  have  been  obliged  to  curtail  a  good  deal  of  matter 
connected  with  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Monumental  Church 
from  its  commencement,  in  1817,  to  the  death  of  Bishop  Moore, 
in  1841,  because  so  much  detail  would  increase  the  size  and  cost 
of  my  book  beyond  the  price  I  have  agreed  with  my  subscribers. 


Monumental  Church.  163 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  FIRST  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

Right  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore,  Ex-oflScio  President. 
John  G.  Williams,  Vice-President. 
Miss  Eleanor  Dandridge,  Secretary. 
Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Drew,  Treasurer. 

DiKECTORS. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harris,  Mrs.  Heather  B.  Smock, 

Mrs.  EUzabeth  Hunter,  Mrs.  Janetta  R.  Harrison, 

Mrs.  Judith  F.  Bradley,  Mrs.  Alice  G.  Williams, 

Mrs.  Robert  Greeuhow,  Mrs.  John  Wickham, 

Mrs.  James  E.  Heath,  Miss  Christian  Moore, 

Miss  Maria  Wiseham,  Miss  Frances  P.  Burwell, 
Miss  Eliza  Woodward. 

John  J.  Aymar,  Superintendent. 

Teachees. 
Samuel  C.  Nichols,  Wheaton  C.  Bradish, 

Samuel  E.  Snow,  George  G.  Johnson, 

Miss  Eliza  Woodward,  Miss  Eleanor  Dandridge, 

Miss  Francis  P.  Burwell,        Miss  Sarah  Moore, 


Still  it  is  proper  to  say  that  the  record  of  Col.  Ellis  furnishes 
much  interesting  matter  under  this  branch  of  the  internal  work- 
ing of  the  Monumental  Courch,  and  will  contrast  very  favor- 
ably with  any  Sunday-school  of  the  present  day.  I  observe, 
among  the  notes  made  in  the  school  by  the  secretary  or  librarian, 
as  follows:  "1838,  May  5.  To-day  being  the  anniversary  of  the 
Episcopal  Sunday-schools  of  Richmond,  they  will  all  meet  at 
Christ  Church,  to  hear  the  anniversary  sermon,  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Woodbridge." 

"  June  23.  Very  few  teachers  or  scholars  present;  St.  James 
Church  consecrated  this  A.  M."  (1839). 

"  September  1.  Mr.  Richard  McRae,  after  a  long  and  faithful 
performance  of  his  duties  as  librarian,  resigned  the  ofl&ce  to  Mr. 
Edward  H.  Rhodes,  who  commences  to-day." 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  years  absence  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky, Mr.  Rhodes  has  continued  librarian,  and  in  a  most  exem- 
plary manner. — G.  D.  F. 


164  History  of  the 

Miss  Lucy  W.  Greenhow,      Mrs.  Judith  F.  Bradley, 
Miss  Ella  Wickham,  Miss  Mary  Ann  Stetson, 

Miss  Mary  B.  Williams,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harris, 

Miss  Harriet  Whiting. 

"1828,  Jamtary  27. — The  school  has  to  regret  the 
loss  of  one  of  its  earliest  patrons  and  most  devoted 
friends,  Miss  Eliza  M,  Woodward,  who  has  removed 
from  the  city.  She  carries  with  her  the  esteem  and 
best  wishes  of  those  with  whom  she  has  been  asso- 
ciated, and  this  record  is  made  in  their  behalf,  as  an 
expression  of  tlie  respect  they  all  feel  for  her. 

"  May  4:th. — In  the  morning  the  school,  consisting 
of  130  scholars,  repaired  to  St.  John's  church,  on 
Church  Hill,  where  a  very  appropriate  and  impres- 
sive discourse  was  delivered  by  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Moore,  in  his  usual  happy  and  feeling  man- 
ner, sliowing  the  rise  and  progress  of  Sunday-schools 
in  a  truly  encouraging  light  to  every  well-wisher, 
and  their  incalculable  importance,  both  to  the  present 
and  future  generations. 

''^September  SOth. — School  small,  (10  teachers,  47 
scholars  present,)  owing  to  the  prevalent  sickness.* 

'■''June  '2i^th. — Our  first  superintendent,  Captain 
Thomas  Nelson,  having  this  day  announced  his  in- 
tention of  moving  to  the  country  to  live,  delivered 


*  Note. — The  Asiatic  cholera  was  so  bad  in  Eichmond  in  August 
and  September  of  that  year  (1832)  that  forty  cases  of  death  were 
reported  for  one  day.  The  disease  lasted  six  weeks  generally  in 
the  places  it  visited,  and  reached  its  acme  in  about  twenty  days. 
Its  first  appearance  in  the  United  States  was  in  June  of  that 
year,— G.  D.  F. 


Monumental  Church.  165 

an  affectionate  exhortation  and  farewell  to  the  offi- 
cers teachers,  and  scholars. 

"  AVith  the  assent  of  tlie  second  superintendent,  I 
this  day  resign  the  office' of  secretary  to  Mr.  Richard 
McRae,  with  the  intention  of  taking  his  or  some 
other  class.  T.  B.  Macmurdo. 

"The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  'Episcopal  Sun- 
day-school Union  Society,  of  Richmond,'  was  held 
at  the  school-room  of  Miss  Eliza  M.  Woodward,  on 
Tuesday  evening,  April  the  11th,  1826 — twenty-two 
members  being  present. 

"  The  senior  vice-president,  the  Rev.  Wm.  H. 
Hart,  took  the  chair,  when  the  reports  of  the  vice- 
presidents  were  read,  approved,  and  ordered  to  be 
recorded. 

"  To  the   Officers  and  Teachers  of  the  Monitmental 
Church  Sunday-school  : 

"My  Highly  Yalued  and  Respected  Friends. 
— For  several  years  past  we  have  been  associated 
together,  and  engaged  in  our  various  stations,  as 
superintendents,  officers  and  teachers,  in  this  school, 
and  I  humbly  trust  not  altogether  without  some 
good  resulting  from  our  united  efforts. 

"We  have  been  employed  in  a  labor  of  love — love 
to  God  and  love  to  the  dear  children  who  have  been 
entrusted  to  our  care;  and  I  feel  a  perfect  confi- 
dence that  our  labors  will  be  blessed  to  the  temporal 
and  eternal  benefit  of  many  of  these  little  immortals 


166  History  of  the 

who  are  now  before  me,  and  those  who,  from  time 
to  time,  have  received  instruction  at  our  hands. 

"Under  the  providence  of  God,  the  ties  which 
have  bound  us  together  so  long  are  now  to  be 
sundered;  I  am  about  to  remove  from  this  city  to 
take  up  my  residence  in  the  country,  and  perhaps 
this  is  tlie  hist  blessed  Lord's  day  whicli  will  witness 
our  union  in  tins  school. 

"I  could  not  reconcile  it  to  my  feelings  to  permit 
this  day  to  pass  over  without  expressing  my  grate- 
ful acknowledgments  to  you  all,  for  the  kindness 
and  attention  I  have  received  from  you,  as  your 
superintendent,  and  tendering  each  one  of  you  my 
best  wishes  for  your  prosperity  and  happiness,  in 
this  life  and  that  which  is  to  come;  and  I  pray  God, 
in  His  infinite  mercy  to  continue  His  providential 
care  of  this  school,  and  to  grant  that,  if  we  never 
meet  again  here  on  earth,  we  may  all  meet  in  that 
world  of  spirits  whither  our  Saviour  Christ  is  gone, 
around  the  everlasting  tlirone  of  God,  accompanied 
by  all  the  little  ones  we  have  endeavored  to  train  up 
in  the  ways  of  religion  and  happiness,  to  be  separated 
no  more  for  ever.  And  now,  my  dear  children,  I  bid 
you  an  affectionate  farewell. 

"  I  have  w^atched  over  you  with  great  anxiety  for 
many  years,  endeavoring,  both  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample, to  lead  you  in  the  right  way. 

"If  at  any  time  my  conduct  as  superintendent  of 
this  school  has  appeared  harsh  to  anj'-  of  you,  I  pray 
you  to  set  it  to  the  account  of  my  anxious  solicitude 
for  your  present  and  eternal  welfare. 


Monumental  Church.  167 

"  I  am  perfectly  conscious  that  I  have  erred  often 
in  my  course;  but  my  intentions  have  always  been 
good;  your  temporal  and  everlasting  happiness  have 
been  my  only  object. 

"  Perhaps  we  may  never  meet  again  on  this  side 
of  the  grave;  indeed,  it  is  almost  as  certain  as  that 
I  am  now  addressing  you  that  we  shall  not  all  again 
meet  in  this  room.  Let  me,  therefore,  entreat  each 
one  of  you,  with  the  affection  of  a  father  who,  in 
his  last  interview  witli  his  dear  children,  would  point 
out  to  them  the  road  to  honor,  happiness,  and  heaven, 
to  reflect  on  your  condition  by  nature,  and  the  ob- 
ject for  which  you  were  made;  to  think  on  your 
'  Creator  now^  in  the  days  of  your  youth,  and  to 
call  upon  Him  while  He  is  near.' 

"My  dear  children,  be  attentive  to  your  lessons 
while  you  are  in  school;  be  obedient  and  civil  to 
your  teachers;  kind  and  gentle  to  your  school  fel- 
lows; coin-teous  and  decent  in  your  deportment  at 
all  times ;  read  your  Bible  regularly  every  day ; 
meditate  on  what  you  read ;  wait  upon  God  every 
Sabbath  day  in  His  holy  temple;  desecrate  not  His 
holy  day  by  improper  conduct,  for  it  is  the  Lord's 
day,  and  He  hath  said,  'Remember  that  thou  keep 
holy  the  Sabbatli  day.' 

"This  is  the  commandment  of  God,  who  sees  and 
hears  and  knows  all  your  actions,  words,  and 
thoughts,  and  will  assuredly  call  each  one  of  you  to 
account  on  the  great  day. 

"My  dear  young  friends,  make  God  your  friend, 
and  you  will  have  nothing  to  fear,  either  in  life  or 


168  History  of  the 

death.  And  may  we  all,  officers,  teachers,  and 
scholars  have  a  happy  reunion  in  the  mansions  of 
eternal  bliss,  prays  your  affectionate  friend,  your 
late  first  superintendent, 

Thomas  Np:lson."* 

From  a  memorandum  furnished  Col.  Thomas  H. 
Ellis,  in  the  hand-writiug  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Wil- 
liams, (the  father  of  Mr.  John  Williams,  of  the  firm 
of  John  A.  Lancaster  &  Co.,  of  Richmond,)  who 
succeeded  Captain  IS^elson  as  first  superintendent, 
taken  from  a  record  book  whicli  cannot  now  be 
fouud,  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  directors 


*  Note. — Captain  Nelsou  was  a  nephew  of  General  Thomas  Nel- 
son of  the  revolution,  whose  statue  is  in  the  gi-oup  of  the  Wash- 
ington monument  in  the  Capitol  square  of  Richmond.  His 
widow  was  the  daughter  of  General  Nelson  ;  and  of  her  Bishop 
Johns  speaks  in  his  rejjort  to  the  council  of  May,  1867,  as  fol- 
lows, CNovember  21)  :  '"I  breakfasted  at  Oakland,  the  residence 
of  Mrs.  Judith  Nelson,  the  mother  of  our  beloved  brother,  the 
Kev.  Robert  Nelson,  missionary  to  China,  who,  with  his  wife  and 
children,  were  to  leave  the  next  morning  for  'Shanghai.'  Their 
youngest  child  I  baptized  in  connection  with  the  morning  prayers 
of  the  family,  which  was  formed  on  this  occasion  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  relations,  who  assembled  to  unite  in  commending  their 
loved  ones  to  the  Lord,  for  whose  sake  they  were  now  about  to 
relinquish  kindred  and  friends  and  home,  and  all  its  delightful 
associations,  and  also  to  implore  abundant  support  and  consola- 
tion for  the  venerable  mother,  who,  strong  in  faith  and  love,  was 
surrendering  to  her  Saviour  of  the  best  she  had  to  give,  and  that 
not  only  without  a  moan,  but  with  praise  for  the  privilege  of 
presenting  to  Him  a  son,  so  precious  to  her  own  heart,  and, 
through  grace,  so  prepared  for  the  Master's  work."  Maj'  they 
have  and  enjoy  the  "promised  hundred  fold"  here,  and  when 
they  meet  again,  inherit  everlasting  life. — T.  H.  E. 


Monumental  Church.  169 

of  the  Monumental  Clmrt*h  Sunday-school,  it  appears 
that  tlie  tirst  ineetino;  of  which  there  is  any  record 
was  held  on  the  2nd  of  December,  1817,  when  a 
resolution  was  adopted  to  purchase  clothes  for  the 
children  of  the  school  who  might  be  in  need. 

At  a  meeting  held  on  the  17th  of  January  follow- 
ing, three  teachers  were  appointed  to  each  class, 
(the  classes  being  divided  into  sections,)  and  it  was 
resolved  to  open  the  school  at  the  hour  appointed,  if 
only  two  scholars  -should  be  present;  Miss  Marshall 
was  appointed  substitute  for  the  superintendent,  in 
case  of  Ins  absence;  and  tickets  were  directed  for 
rewards. 

On  the  6th  of  March,  meetings  for  the  school 
were  directed  to  be  held  in  the  afternoon  as  well  as 
the  morning;  and  on  the  19th  of  November,  the 
first  annual  meeting  of  tlie  board  was  held  at  the 
church,  when  the  following  officers  were  elected: 

Right  Rev.  Richard  Chauning  Moore,  D.  D.,  President. 
Rev.  John  Buchanan,  Vice-President. 
Mr.  John  G.  Williams,  Sni^erinteudent. 
Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Drew,  Treasurer. 
Miss  Janetta  Fisher,  Secretary. 

DiKECTOES. 

Mrs.  George  Fisher,  Mrs.  John  Bell, 

Mrs.  John  Ambler,  Mrs.  Charles  Copland. 

Teachers. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Fisher,  Miss  Nicholas, 

Miss  Julia  Wickham,  Miss  Richardson, 

Miss  Fanny  Burwell,  Miss  Wood, 

Miss  Blair,  Miss  Criugan, 

Miss  Dandridge,  Miss  Selden. 
Miss  Eleanor  Dandridge, 


170  History  of  the 

At  a  meeting  on  the  3rd  of  March,  1820,  it  was 
resolved  to  solicit  four  gentlemen  to  become  teachers, 
and  to  sit  in  the  gallery  of  tiie  church  with  the  boys 
during  Divine  service;  and  on  the  20th  April,  1824, 
a  resolution  was  adopted  to  teach  the  children 
writing. 

The  superintendence  of  the  school  seems  to  have 
been  successively  as  follows  : 

1817,  Mr.  John  G.  Williams,  Snperintendeut. 

1818,  Miss  Eliza  Marshall  to  act  in  his  absence. 
1824,  Mr.  John  G.  Aymar,  Superintendent. 

1824,  Mr,  Samuel  C.  Nichols,  second  Superintendent. 

1826,  Miss  Eliza  M.  Woodward,  second  Superintendent. 

1827,  Mr.  Asa  Otis  to  act  in  place  of  Mr.  Aymar  if  absent. 

1828,  Mr.  Asa  Otis,  first  Superintendent. 

Mr.  John  Williams,  second  Superintendent. 
1830,  Mr.  John  G.  Williams,  first  Superintendent. 

Captain  Thomas  Nelson,  second  Superintendent. 
1833,  Captain  Thomas  Nelson,  first  Suj^erintendent. 

Mr.  John  Williams,  second  Superintendent, 
1835,  Mr.  John  Williams,  first  Sui^erintendeut. 
1838,  Kev.  Z.  Mead,  first  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Wm.  D.  Gibson,  second  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland,  first  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Wm.  D.  Gibson,  second  SiiiDcrintendent. 
1840,  Mr.  Wm.  D.  Gibson,  first  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Fabius  M.  Lawson,  second  Superintendent. 

A  LIST  OF  MINISTERS  who  have  been  trained  in  the 
Monumental  Church  Sunday-scliool,  or  wliose  parents 
(one  or  both)  were  members  of  the  Monumental 
Church  congregation  : 

E.EV.  Charles  E.  Ambler,  Zion  church,  Charles- 
town,  Jefferson  county,  W.  Ya.,  graduated  at  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia,  in  the  year  1848. 


Monumental  Church.  171 

Rev.  Thomas  M.  Ambler,  his  brother,  Bruton 
Parish,  Williamsburg,  graduated  1853. 

Rev.  Francis  M.  Baker,  Grace  church,  city  of 
Richmond,  1845. 

Rev.  Thomas  U.  Dudley,  Jr.,  Harrisonburg, 
Rockingham  county,  Ya.,  1867,  but  now  (1878)  as- 
sistant bishop  of  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Rev.  Benjamin  R.  Duval,  some  time  a  well 
known  circuit-rider  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal, 
church,  and  general  agent  for  Randolph  Macon 
College. 

Rev.  Wm.  Duval,  his  brother,  former  missionary 
in  the  city  of  Richmond,  1845.  See  memoir  of  him 
by  Rev.  Cornelius  Walker. 

Rev.  Andrew  Fisher,  Lunenburg  Parish,  Rich- 
mond county,  Va.,  1844. 

Rev.  Chuchill  J.  Gibson,  D.  D.,  Grace  church, 
Bristol  Parish,  Dinwiddle  county,  Va.,  1841. 

Rev.  John  H.  Gilliat,  Christ  church,  Pomfret, 
Connecticut.  It  is  believed  he  took  orders  in  Eng- 
land. 

Rev.  Edmond  W.  Hening,  formerly  missionary  to 
Africa,  1844,  since  then  he  has  become  entirely  blind 
from  the  efi'ects  of  that  climate,  and  is  now  (1878) 
living  in  Philadelphia,  a  married  man  the  second  or 
third  time. 

Rev.  William  G.  Jackson,  Grace  church,  St.  Den- 
nis, Maryland,  1833. 


172  History  of  the 

Right  Rev,  Henry  Champlin  Lay,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 

missionary  bishop  of  Arkansas  and  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, 1846 ;  consecrated  1859. 

Rev.  John  C.  McCabe,  of  St.  Matthew's  church, 
Bladensburg  diocese,  of  Maryland,  and  now  of  New 
Jersey,  (1868,)  but  has  since  then  departed  this  life, 

1878. 

Rev.  Randolph  H.  McKim,  Christ  cluirch,  Alex- 
andria, Ya.,  1864. 

Rev.  Wm.  C.  Meredith,  Christ  church,  Frederick 
Parish,  Winchester,  1845. 

Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  Jr.,  formerly  of 
Christ  church,  Williamport,  Pennsylvania,  1832,  but 
has  since  departed  this  life. 

Rev.  Robert  Nelson,  missionary  to  Cliina,  1845. 
Bishop  Johns,  in  his  rep>ort  of  our  diocese  in  May, 
1867,  gives  an  interesting  account  of  his  last  inter- 
view with  Mr.  Nelson,  then  on  a  visit  to  his  motlier 
in  Hanover  county,  on  the  21st  of  November,  1866, 
when  he  baptized  Mr.  Nelson's  youngest  child,  and 
a  day  or  two  before  he  and  liis  family  w^ere  to  return 
to  China.  For  Bishop  Johns'  account  of  his  visit  on 
that  interesting  occasion,  the  reader  is  i-eferred  to 
pages  168,  in  note. 

Rev.  James  S.  Page,  missionary  at  State  Line, 
Fulton  county,  Kentucky. 

Rev.  Edmund  T.  Perkins,  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  1847. 


Monumental  Chukch.  173 

Rev.  Patrick  G.  Robert,  Christ  Church,  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas,  1850. 

Rev.  Cornelius  Walker,  D.  D.,  professor  of 
ecclesiastical  history  and  polity,  and  pulpit  eloquence, 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia,  1815. 
Prior  to  his  appointment  as  professor,  he  had  for 
some  years  charge  of  a  large  church  in  Winchester, 
and  was  a  most  beloved  and  popular  pastor.* 

Rev.  J.  Ambler  Weed,  formerly  of  St.  George 
parish,  Accomac  county,  Ya.,  1816.  Some  years 
afterwards  he  joined  the  Romish  church,  and  since 
then  has  died. 

Right  Rev.  Channing  Moore  Williams,  D.  D., 
missionary  bishop  for  China  and  Japan,  1855  ;  con- 
secrated in  1866. 

Rev.  Wm.  C.  Williams,  his  brother;  St.  Peter's 
church,  Rome,  Georgia.  Mr.  Williams  did  not  com- 
plete his  course  at  the  Theological  Seminary;  but 
being  forced  to  leave  there  by  the  state  of  his  health, 
repaired  to  Georgia,  where  he  prosecuted  his  studies 
under  Bishop  Elliot,  (in  whose  family  he  resided) 
and  finally  took  orders  in  that  diocese. 

Before  proceeding  with  the  record  of  the  church, 

♦Note. — He  was  educated  for  the  ministry  through  the  influ- 
ence of  the  late  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  and  his  congrega- 
tion, then  of  Christ  Church  in  Richmond.  Few  ministers  of  the 
gospel  or  pi'ofessors  in  theology  can  exhibit  a  life  of  greater 
purity  and  godliness,  combined  with  marked  learning  in  his  pro- 
fession, than  Dr.  Walker.— G.  D.  F. 


174  History  of  the 

under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  Col. 
Ellis  thought  it  appropriate  to  introduce  a  letter 
wliich  he  had  received  from  Mr,  Thomas  H.  Drew, 
an  old  merchant  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  and  a 
most  estimable  and  excellent  gentleman,  then  -in  the 
84:th  year  of  his  age,  his  handwriting,  still  clear  and 
distinct,  exhibiting  very  little  of  the  tremor  of  age. 
The  following  is  a  copy: 

"Richmond,  June  8,  1868. 

"  CoL.  Thomas  H.  Ellis  : 

'"''Dear  Sir, — I  came  to  tliis  city  on  the  1st  of 
November,  1800.  At  that  time  the  only  Episcopal 
churcii  in  this  city  was  'the  old  parish  church,  now 
called  'St.  Johns,'  of  which  the  Rev.  Jolm  Buch- 
anan was  rector.  It  was  opened  every  Christmas 
day,  Easter-day,  and  Whit-Sunday,  when  the  sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  supper  was  administered  to  the 
Episcopalians,  and  persons  of  other  denominations 
that  chose  to  unite. 

"  When  some  repairs  were  to  be  made  to  this 
church  about  thirt}'  years  ago,  an  examination  of  the 
timbers  of  the  original  building,  erected  by  the 
British  government,  brought  to  view^  a  plate  on  which 
was  engraved,  '  Charles  the  First.'  The  date  was 
obliterated  ;  but  as  Charles  ascended  the  throne  in 
1624,  and  was  beheaded  in  1644,  we  may  conclude 
that  this  wooden  building  has  been  used  as  an  Epis- 
copal church  upwards  of  two  hundred  and  thirty 
years. 

"  I  did  not  see  this  plate  myself,  but  heard  of  it 


Monumental  Church.  175 

through  Mrs,  Eliza  Carrington,  a  niece  of  the  late 
Dr.  John  Adams,  and  a  sister  of  the  late. Col.  Geo. 
M.  Carrington,  of  Chnrch  Hill,  whose  statement  I 
do  not  doubt  in  the  least  degree.  The  plate,  as  I 
understand,  was  not  removed  from  its  place  in  the 
building. 

"The  Methodists,  at  the  time  to  which  I  refer, 
had  a  small  but  comfortable  church,  built  of  brick, 
at  the  corner  of  Nineteenth  and  Franklin  streets,  in 
which  thev  held  services  morning  and  evening  on 
Sundays,  and  night  service  during  the  week ;  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Cowling  (father  of  the  late  Mr.  James  M. 
Cowling,  so  long  a  book-keeper  in  the  Bank  of  Vir- 
ginia,) officiating  as  their  minister. 

"This  building  was  afterwards  used  as  a  bakery, 
and  the  site  is  now  occupied  by  a  large  tobacco 
factory,  erected  by  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Grant. 

"The  Baptists  worshipped  in  an  indifferent  old 
wooden  building,  on  the  square  formed  by  Main  and 
Cary  streets,  and  Second  and  Third  streets,  the  house 
fronting  on  Cary  street,  in  the  rear  of  what  was 
Major  Dunscomb's  residence.  Mr.  John  Courtney 
was  their  minister. 

"When  the  Eev,  James  B.  Taylor  was  some  years 
ago  building  the  block  of  tenements  still  belonging 
to  him  on  this  square,  fronting  on  Main  street,  1 
have  understood  that  a  number  of  graves  were  found 
about  the  middle  of  the  square,  showing  that  some 
of  the  ground  around  the  old  church  had  been  used 
as  a  burying  ground. 

"There  was  then  no  Presbyterian  church  in  the 


176  History  of  the 

city,  but  by  permission  of  the  governor  the  hall  of 
the  house  of  delegates  was  occupied  every  Sunday 
morning,  alternately  by  the  Presbyterians  and  Epis- 
copalians, the  Rev.  John  D.  Blair  officiating  as  min- 
ister for  the  former  on  one  Sunday,  and  the  Rev. 
John  Buchanan  for  the  latter  on  tlie  next;  the  con- 
gregation, however,  in  botli  cases  being  nearly  tlie 
same.  On  such  occasions  the  antique  colonial 
speaker's  chair  was  used  as  pulpit  and  desk.  The 
choir  was  composed  of  some  of  the  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen of  the  city,  among  whom  I  remember  partic- 
ulaVly  the  late  Mrs.  George  Fisher  and  the  late  Mrs. 
Charles  J.  Macmurdo,  senior,  and  that  Mr.  Patrick 
Gibson  performed  very  sweetly  on  the  flute. 

"  The  first  church  erected  after  I  came  to  the  city 
was  the  Baptist  Church,  now  known  as  the  'First 
African  Church,'  on  Broad  street,  below  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  near  what  was  then  the  Theatre ; 
and  1  think  their  first  minister  was  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Gregg,  an  Englishman  of  some  education  and  ability. 

"  In  an  old  tile  of  the  Richmond  Enquirer,  I  have 
lately  found  two  notices  which  may  perhaps  interest 
you.     The  first  dated  May  8,  1812,  is  this  : 

"The  Rev.  Mr.  John  H.  Rice,  being  on  his  way 
to  take  up  his  permanent  residence  among  us,  will 
preach  next  Sunday  morning  at  the  usual  hour  at 
the  '  Mason's  Hall,'  introductory  to  his  regular  gos- 
pel ministry  in  this  city,  and  it  is  expected  he  will 
continue  to  occupy  said  hall  regularly  thereafter, 
until  the  Presbyterian  Church,  which  is  in  a  way  of 
soon  being  finished  for  him,  shall  be  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy. 


Monumental  Church.  177 

"  The  cliureli  here  referred  to,  situated  fit  tlie  foot 
of  Chnrch  Hill,  between  the  dock  and  Main  street, 
near  26th  street,  now  Hardgrove's  factory,  was  com- 
pleted in  the  fall  of  that  year,  when  Mr.  Rice  was 
installed  as  its  ])astor,  according  to  the  Presbyterian 
mode,  which  was  then  witnessed  in  Richmond  for 
the  first  time. 

"Tlie  other  'notice'  to  which  I  have  allnded,  is 
dated  September  22nd,  1812: 

"  The  Rev.  Dr.  Miguel,  apostolical  missionary^ 
delegated  by  the  Most  Rev.  Archbishop  Carrol,  of 
Baltimore,  to  open  and  institute  the  Roman  Catholic 
worsliip  in  the  metropolis  of  Virginia,  gives  notice 
to  all  his  Catholic  brethren  in  Richmond  and  its 
vicinity,  that  he  has  provided  a  chapel  (in  D  street 
in  the  house  formerly  called  the  '  Brick  Academy,') 
until  means  are  obtained  for  the  building  of  a 
church ;  and  that  he  has  opened  a  book  of  subscrip- 
tion for  the  maintenance  of  the  Catholic  worship.  He 
expects  that  all  his  brethren  will  call  on  liim  and 
manifest  their  zeal  for  the  establisliment  of  their 
old  and  lioly  reKgion,  and  good  men  of  all  denomina- 
tions will  favor  an  establishment  which  will  cer- 
tainly add  to  the  prosperity  of  the  cit}'. 

"D  street  is  now  Car}-,  and  the  'chapel'  here 
described  is  the  brick  building  at  tlie  corner  of  Cary 
and  7t]i  streets,  in  the  I'ear  of  the  'Spottswood 
Hotel,'  and  was  once  Haller's  Academy,  in  which 
General  Fremont's  father  was  some  time  a  teacher. 

"When  Haller  ran  away  from  here,  he  was  suc- 
ceeded in  his  academy  by  Gerardine,  wlio  continued 

12 


178  History  of  the 

Burke's  History  of  Yirginia,  from  the  point  at  which 
it  was  left  off  b}'  Skelton  Jones.  On  the  26th  of 
December,  1811,  the  Richmond  theatre  was  burned. 

"The  day  after  tlie  conflagration,  there  was  a 
meeting  of  the  citizens,  and  another  of  tlie  Common 
Hall,  and  a  committee  of  citizens  was  appointed, 
Judge  Marshall  at  the  head,  to  ascertain  the  cause 
of  the  tire,  and  to  make  arrangements  for  burying 
the  dead  and  for  erecting  a  monument  over  them 
on  the  ground  where  the  theatre  stood. 

"A  monument  only  was  contemplated  at  first,  but 
after  the  lot  had  been  purchased  it  was  determined 
to  add  a  church,  and  the  committee  appointed  to  ob- 
tain the  necessary  means  placed  in  my  hands  a  paper 
soliciting  contributions  both  for  the  church  and  mon- 
ument. I  recollect  that  my  first  application  was 
made  to  Mr.  Joseph  Gallego,  who  subscribed  per- 
haps more  largely  than  any  other  individual.  He 
had  lost  his  wife  and  niece,  Miss  Sally  Conyers,  (who 
was  also  his  adopted  daugliter,)  in  the  theatre. 

"  The  Common  Hall  made  an  appropriation  of 
five  or  six  thousand  dollars  towards  the  accom])lish- 
meut  of  these  objects. 

"Althouorh  tlie  amount  subscribed  was  insutiicient 
to  cover  half  the  probable  cost,  steps  were  immedi- 
ately taken  to  build  tlie  church  and  monument;  and 
Mr.  Mills,  of  Philadelphia,  who  liad  ijeen  awarded 
the  premium  for  tlie  model  of  the  Washington  mon- 
ument at  Baltimore,  was  chosen  the  architect.  He 
furnished  the  design  and  plan  of  tlie  church,  and  was 
its  architect,  including  the  dome  over  the  monument, 


Monumental  Church.  179 

but  the  monument  was  furnished  by  some  young 
man,  whose  name  1  do  not  remember,  a  native  of 
Stafford  county,  I  think,  who,  without  order  or 
authority,  proceeded  to  make  a  monument,  which  he 
brought  around  to  Richmond  complete,  and  through 
the  influence  of  his  friends  (among  them  the  late 
Mr.  John  H.  Eustace,)  prevailed  on  the  vestry  or 
committee  reluctantly  to  receive  it;  for  it  was  not 
entirely  approved  by  tliem,  and  even  some  of  the 
names  were  inaccurately  spelt. 

"  Tlie  cost  of  the  building  was  much  increased  by 
bringing  the  stone,  wliich  proved  to  be  of  an  inferior 
quality,  from  the  mouth  ot  Acquia  Creek,  on  the 
Potomac,  when  we  had  an  abundance  of  the  very 
best  granite  on  the  canal  within  a  half  mile  of  the 
city.  After  the  church '^was  sufficiently  finished  (it 
has  never  been  finished  according  to  its  design, 
which  includes  a  steeple,  in  the  rear,)  the  pews  were 
sold,  and  the  money  which  had  been  borrowed  or 
advanced,  over  and  above  the  subscription,  was  re- 
funded. 

"  Before  the  sale  an  estimate  was  made  to  ascer- 
tain the  prices  at  which  the  pews  must  be  sold  to 
produce  the  amount  that  would  pay  off  all  the  debts. 
"Mr.  Charles  J.  Macmurdo,  who,  next  to  Dr. 
Brockenbrough,  was  perhaps  the  most  active  and 
influential  of  those  who  engaged  in  its  erection,  and 
who  had  either  made  advances  or  made  himself  re- 
sponsible for  a  considerable  amount,  attended  the 
sale  and  bid  on  each  pew  until  it  reached  the  price 
assessed  as  its  value.      In  this  wav  he  became  the 


180  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

owner  of  some  ten  or  twelve  pews,  whicli  he  either 
subsequently  sold  or  rented  out  at  the  assessment 
put  upon  them  until  he  was  reimbursed. 

"Tlie  pews  having  been  sold,  a  vestry  was  elected 
from  among  the  pew-holders,  and,  according  to  the 
best  of  my  recollection,  the  following  named  gentle- 
men were  those  chosen :  Mr.  Robert  Greenhow,  Mr. 
Eobert  Pollard,  Col.  William  Mayo,  Col.  John  Am- 
bler, Dr.  John  Brockenbrongh,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Mac- 
murdo,  Mr.  Patrick  Gibson. 

"The  cburch  was  opened  for  service  in  May,  1814. 
The  Eev.  Wm.  H.  Wilmer,  of  Alexandria  (father  of 
the  bisliop  of  Alabama,)  preached  the  lirst  sermon. 

"Soon  after  the  Rev.  Wm.  Meade,  late  bishop,, 
preaclied  several  times,  and  he,  I  think,  was  mainly 
instrumental  in  procuring  tlie  call  of  the  Rev. 
Richard  Channing  Moore,  of  New  York,  as  rector 
of  the  Monumental  Church,  and  his  election,  at  or 
about  the  same  time,  as  bishop  of  the  Diocese  of 
Virginia.  Until  Bisliop  Moore  arrived  with  his 
family,  some  time  in  tlie  ensuing  fall,  Dr.  Buch- 
anan generally  officiated  on  Sundays. 

"After  the  bisliop's  pei-manent  settlement  as  rec- 
tor. Dr.  Buchanan  did  not  often  preach  at  the  Mon- 
umental, but  frequently  read  the  service;  and  he 
was,  I  think,  the  best  reader  I  have  ever  lieard. 

"Strange  to  say,  I  have  no  recollection  of  the  con- 
secration of  the  Monumental  Church,  although  it 
was  something  entirely  new  to  me,  having  never 
seen   a  church    consecrated    before.     Four   persons. 


Monumental  Church.  181 

■only  of  those  who  escaped  from  the  conflagration  of 
the  Theatre  became  pew-holders  in  the  churcli,  viz: 
Mr.  Carter  B.  Page,  Mr.  John  H.  Strobia,  Mr.  Geo. 
Robertson,  and  mj'self. 

"If  I  mistake  not,  the  onlj  survivors  of  tlie  adult 
members  of  the  original  congregation  are  your 
mother,  Mrs.  Strobia,  Miss  Deborah  Couch,  Miss 
Fanny  Eggleston,  and  myself.  I  was  elected  a  ves- 
tryman and  warden,  I  think,  in  1816.  While  I  was  a 
member  of  the  vestry  an  organ  was  ordered  from 
London,  through  Messrs.  Tompkins  and  Murray,  of 
this  city  ;  it  was  purcliased  by  Mr.  John  Dunlop,  and 
cost  £1,000  sterling.  Mr.  Charles  Southgate  was 
chosen  as  the  organist,  and  gave  entire  satisfaction  to 
the  congregation.  Previous  to  this  he  had  acted  as 
clerk,  leading  the  responses  of  the  congregation 
with  a  remarkably  fine  voice.  Before  the  arrival  of 
the  organ  we  had  pretty  much  the  same  choir  which 
had  been  accustomed _to  sing  in  the  hall  of  the  house 
of  delegates. 

"•A  well  knovvn  servant  colored  man,  named  Sy. 
Gilliat,  was  the  first  sexton,  he  was  succeeded  by 
another  named  William  Muse.  Besides  the  regular 
services  on  Sundaj-  morning  and  evening.  Bishop 
Moore,  when  in  tlie  city,  almost  always  had  a  lecture 
on  Tuesday  evening  after  tea,  at  the  house  of  some 
member  of  his  congregation. 

"Among  the  houses  most  frequented  in  this  way, 
I  recall  Col.  Ambler's,  Mr.  Greenliow's,  Mr.  Gib- 
son's, Mrs.  Hayes',  Mrs.  Ilylton's,  his  and  my  own. 


182  History  of  the 

"  When  lie  first  came  to  Richmond  the  bishop 
rented  a  wooden  house  on  the  north  side  of  Grace 
street,  between  1st  and  2nd  streets,  in  which  Dr. 
Foushee  afterwards  lived,  next  to  the  present  re- 
sidence of  Mr,  James  Thomas,  Jr. ;  subsequently  he 
rented  Mr,  Prosser's  house,  now  called  the  Carlton 
house  on  12th  street,  between  Broad  and  Marshall, 
in  the  rear  of  Mrs.  Joseph  Allen's,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  he  bought  the  house  on  5th  street,  between 
Clay  and  Leigh,  in  which  lie  lived  until  his  deatli. 

"My  impression  is  that  the  bishop  received  $2,500 
for  his  salary  as  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church. 
As  diocesan,  he  received  some  small  compensation, 
$300  I  believe,  and  his  travelling  expenses ;  and 
while  acting  as  bishop  of  North  Carolina,  previous 
to  the  consecration  of  Bishop  Ravenscroft,  in  1823, 
he  received  a  stipend,  wliich,  he  told  me,  was  a  great 
help  to  him,  with  the  large  family  and  other  ex- 
penses then  devolved  upon  him. 

"I  did  not  know  Dr.  Buchanan  personally  until 
about  the  time  of  Aaron  Burr's  trial.  After  that 
time  I  saw  a  good  deal  of  him,  and  knew  him  very 
well. 

"  When  he  first  came  to  Richmond  he  was  poor  ; 
but  under  the  will  of  his  brother  James,  who  died 
some  years  before  my  removal  to  the  city,  he  in- 
herited a  handsome  property.  Besides  one  or  more 
houses  and  several  lots  in  the  city,  his  real  estate 
embraced  500  acres  of  land  in  the  county  of  Henrico, 
adjoining  the   city   of   Richmond,   extending  from 


Monumental  Church.  183 

what  is  now  Mr.  oaniuel  J.  Ruthej'foord's  lot  at  the 
intersection  of  Adams  and  Grace  streets,  to  wliatwas 
formerly  Mr.  William  Mackenzie's  property,  ad- 
joining '  Camp  Lee,'  in  one  direction,  and  in  another 
from  Bacon's  quarters  branch  to  Mr.  John  Harvie's 
property,  afterwai'ds  laid  out  by  him  as  the  'town 
of  Sidney,'  and  including  '  Elba,'  the  subsequent  resi- 
dence of  Judge  Dabney  Carr,  'Bellville,'  tlie  resi- 
dence of  Col.  Jno.  Mayo,  and  'Columbia,'  the  resi- 
dence of  Mr.  Philip  Haxall.  Of  tliis  land,  liowever, 
it  may  be  said  that  it  was  not  then  worth  perhaps 
more  than  one  pound  Virginia  currency  per  acre. 

"  Dr.  Buchanan  sold  off  most  of  it  before  the  war 
of  1812,  retaining  only  about  70  acres  for  his  own 
use.  This  was  his  farnj  called  '  Gielston,' in  front 
of  Riclnnond  College.  It  embraced  Buchanan's 
spring,  the  resort  of  the  famous  '  Quoit  club,'  of 
which  Dr.  Buchanan  was  an  honorary  member,  and 
which  he  delighted  to  attend  in  company  with  Judge 
Marshall,  and  the  other  eminent  gentlemen  who  so 
long  gave  it  character  and  distinction. 

"The  beautiful  grove  of  native  forest  trees  which 
then  adorned  this  attractive  spot  has  disappeared, 
and  by  tlie  newspapers  I  perceive  that  its  pi-esent 
Geruian  owners  call  the  place  'Spi'ing  Park.' 

"Mr.  James  Buchanan's  residence  was  in  a  house 
facing  James  river,  on  a  large  lawn  between  Cary 
street  and  tlie  river,  below  14th  street,  and  above  the 
old  rock  landing,  through  which  the  dock  and  Dock 
street  now  pass.  Dr.  Buchanan  made  this  liouse 
his  office  and  study,  and  kept  refresliments  there  for 


184  History  of  the 

himself  and  friends;  but  after  I  knew  Iiim,  he  boarded 
witli  Mrs.  Dr.  Cringan,  whose  house  was  on  8th 
street,  between  Frankhn  and  Grace,  in  the  rear  of 
what  was,  until  the  3i'd  of  April,  1865,  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church.  When  he  died,  his  property 
was  estimated  at  about  $80,000. 

•'It  is  some  evidence  of  his  cliaracter  that  he 
evinced  his  gratitude  towards  an  early  friend  and 
benefactor,  Mr.  Jaquelin  Ambler,  or  'Treasurer 
Ambler,'  as  he  was  commonly  called,  by  leaving  the 
bulk  of  his  estate  to  Mr.  Ambler's  four  daughters, 
viz:  Mrs.  Mary  Willis  Marshall,  the  wife  of  Cbief- 
Justice  Mai'shall,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jaquelin  Carring- 
ton,  tlie  wife  of  Col.  Edward  Carrington,  deceased, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Nelson  Call,  the  wife  of  Daniel  Call, 
Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Ann  Fisher,  the  wife  of  Mr.  George 
Fisher,  all  of  whom  were  conspicuous  members  of 
the  Monumental  Church  congregation. 

"He  also  left  bequests  to  his  intimate  friend,  the 
Hev.  John  D.  Blair,  to  Mrs.  Anne  Cringan,  the 
widow  of  Dr.  John  Cringan,  at  whose  house  he 
<3ied,  and  to  others,  including  a  'stocking'  maker  in 
Scotland. 

"  From  the  organization  of  the  Monumental 
Churcli  congregation  until  its  removal  to  St.  Paul's 
Church,  the  successive  Governors  of  Virginia,  (two 
only  excepted,  I  think,)  habitually  attended,  with 
their  families,  the  Monumental  Church. 

"This  list,  as  you  are  aware,  includes  James 
Barbour,  Wilson  Cary  Nicholas,  James  P.  Preston, 
Thomas  Mann   Kandolph,   James   Pleasants,   John 


Monumental  Chukoh.  185 

Tyler  the  younger,  William  B.  Giles,  John  Floyd, 
Littleton  Waller  Tazewell,  Wyndham  Robertson, 
David  Campbell,  Thos.  Walker  Gilmer,  John  M. 
Patton,  John  Rutherfoord,  John  M.  Gregory,  and 
James  McDowell.  Govenor  Gilmer  and  Governor 
McDowell,  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  which  during  their  time  was  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Plumer. 

"  The  Monumental  Church  Sunday-school  was 
commenced  in  1817,  It  was  the  first  Sunday-school 
established  in  Richmond.  About  the  time  of  its 
commencement  my  business  became  embarrassed,  so 
that  I  could  not  for  several  years  take  an  active  part 
in  its  support. 

"I  think  the  scliool  was  commenced  with  Mr. 
Aymar  as  superintendent,  in  the  rooms  over  the 
vestry  room  of  tlie  churcli;  it  was  afterwards  re- 
moved to  a  wing  of  the  Powhatan  liouse,  now  Ford's 
Hotel.  I  was  appointed  a  visitor  after  1820,  and 
acted  as  such  until  the  school  was  removed  to  the 
gallery  of  the  church,  and  Mr.  Asa  Otis  appointed 
as  superintendent,  when  I  was  appointed  a  teacher, 
still  holding,  however,  my  appointment  as  a  visitor. 

"The  summer  after  I  took  a  class,  Mr.  Otis  visited 
his  friends  in  Connecticut,  leaving  the  school  in  my 
charge  as  superintendent  until  his  return — a  period 
of  eight  weeks,  or  more. 

"The  attendance  of  scholars  at  that  time  was 
from  120  to  130.  The  situation  of  the  teachers 
being,  from  the  arrangement  of  the  pews,  very  un- 
comfortable in  the  gallery,  Mr.  Otis  and  myself  de- 


186  History  of  the 

termined  to  ask  aid  of  the  congregation,  and  per- 
mission of  the  vestry  to  bnild  a  school-room  in  the 
yard.  We  succeeded  in  patting  up,  at  a  cost  of 
about  $800,  the  school-rooin  which  now  stands  in 
the  church  yard.  At  that  time  the  school  was  made 
up  almost  entirely  of  poor  destitute  cliildren. 

"After  becoming  a  teacher  I  brought  my  children 
into  the  school,  and  had  my  class  composed  of  chil- 
dren from  the  families  of  the  congregation,  and  was 
instrumental  in  inducing  the  formation  of  other  such 
classes. 

"As  a  visitor  my  habit  was  on  Sundays,  between 
the  close  of  the  morning  service  and  three  o'clock, 
and  during  the  week,  at  such  evening  hours  as  I 
could  spare,  regularl}^  to  visit  all  tlie  absentees.  The 
teacliers,  as  a  body,  were  zealous  in  their  efforts  to 
improve  the  scliool,  and  to  promote  its  usefulness; 
and  the  congregations  were  lil)eral  when  called  upon 
for  aid  in  its  su))port.  MaJiy  of  the  poorer  children 
were  clothed  at  the  expense  of  the  congregation. 

"  From  long  experience  and  observation  of  Sun- 
day-schools, I  am  well  satisfied  of  their  value  and 
efficiency  in  extending  the  kingdom  of  our  blessed 
Lord  and  Master;  and  as  you  are  yourself,  I  be- 
lieve, still  connected  with  one,  I  take  the  liberty  of 
impressing  upon  you,  as  I  would  upon  all  others, 
the  special  importance  of  teachers  visiting  tiieir 
scholars,  ricli  and  poor,  particularly  when  from  any 
cause  they  have  been  absent  from  the  school. 

"Although  my  eyes  fail  me  after  writing  a  short 
time,  it  has  afforded  me  pleasure,  at  your  request,  to 


Monumental  Church.  187 

furnish,  piece  meal  as  it  were,  tliis  meinoraiidnra,  as 
a  contribution  to  the  annals  of  the  church,  which  I 
hear  you  are  collecting. 

"  I  am  very  truly  yours, 

Thomas  H.  Dkew."* 

*  Note. 
Saturday  MoENiNG,  March  1,  1879. 
The  following  paper  was  banded  me  to-day  by  our  old  friend, 
Mr.  James  Evans,  of  the  highly  estimable  house  of  Messrs.  John 
H.  Tyler  tfc  Co.,  of  Richmond,  in  reference  to  Mr.  Drew's  letter 
to  Col,  Ellis  about  the  first  organist  of  the  Monumental  Church : 
Mr.  Evans  writes  :  •'Understanding  that  George  D.  Fishei-,  Esq., 
is  copying  from  the  records  of  St.  Paul's  church  a  history  of  the 
Monumental  Church  from  its  organization,  and  having  been  some 
two  or  three  years  since  afforded  the  opportunity  of  pei'using  that 
record,  I  found  there  copied  a  very  interesting  letter  from  our 
old  and  valued  friend,  Thomas  H.  Drew,  Esq.,  giving,  among 
many  other  subjects,  his  recollection  of  the  organ,  building,  etc., 
of  the  Monumental  Church  ;  also  of  the  importation  of  an  organ 
from  England,  etc.  Among  other  things,  he  says,  'that  Mr. 
Charles  Southgate  was  chosen  as  the  organist,  and  gave  entire 
satisfaction  to  the  congregation. ' 

"  How  and  when  Col.  Ellis  and  Mr.  Drew  obtained  their  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  organ,  organist  and  music  of  the  Monumen- 
tal Church,  I  cannot  conceive  ;  but  however  obtained,  they  are 
errors  to  be  regretted.  Mr.  Southgate  never  played  the  Monu- 
mental Church  organ,  or  any  other  in  Kichmoud ;  he  could 
neither  play  the  organ  or  piano.  The  instrument  which  he 
played,  and  played  well,  was  the  '  violiucello.'  He  was  a  lover  of 
music,  and  a  member  of  a  musical  club,  which  met  in  '  Tan-Bark 
Hall;'  and  his  ' violincello"  was  an  important  instrument  in  the 
society,  of  which  he  was  a  valued  member.  The  organ  of  which 
they  make  mention  was  imported,  through  Tompkins  &  Murray, 
commission  merchants,  from  the  factory  of  Bevington,  Soho- 
square,  London,  and  put  up  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  South- 
gate,  assisted  by  carpenters,  from  minute  and  specific  directions 
of  Bevington,  the  organ  builder.     When  the  organ  was  up,  and 


188  History  of  the 

After  the  deatli  of"  Bishop  Moore,  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Norwood  being  elected   rector  of  the  Monumental 

partially  tuued,  public  notice  was  given  that  it  would  be  used 
the  following  Sundaj',  and  a  sermon  preached  by  Bishoj)  Moore 
prepared  for  the  occasion.  It  was  arranged  that  Mrs.  Sully  was 
to  play  the  organ  on  the  occasion,  and  I  on  the  following  Sunday. 

"On  the  morning  of  Sunday,  before  service,  Mrs.  Sully  in- 
formed the  bishop  she  would  not  be  able  to  play,  as  she  had  no 
opportunity  to  try  the  organ.  The  bishop  sent  for  me,  and  said, 
'  James,  you  must  play  the  organ  to-day,  as  Mrs.  Sully  is  not 
prepared,  and  will  not  be  here.'  I  remarked  that  I  was  in  the 
same  situation  ;  had  not  ti-ied  the  organ,  or  practised  with  the 
choir.  That  good  old  gentleman  replied,  '  that  his  sermon  was 
prepared,  public  notice  given  that  the  organ  would  be  played, 
the  church  crowded  to  overflowing,  and  I  must  play.'  I  did  so, 
going  through  with  the  choir,  the  full  Episcopal  service.  The 
following  Sunday  Mrs  Sully  played. 

"During  the  week  I  was  waited  on  by  two  of  the  vestry,  in- 
forming me  that  I  had  been  elected  organist.  Having  under- 
stood that  Mrs.  Sully  had  a  large  and  dependent  family,  and 
music  her  profession,  and  only  means  of  support,  and  the  or- 
ganist's salary  would  much  aid  her,  I  respectfully  declined  ac- 
cepting the  situation.  "Whereupon  Mrs.  Sully  was  elected,  and 
played  that  organ  for  several  years.  After  her  resignation  I  was 
appointed,  and  held  the  sitiuition  of  organist  for  a  number  of 
years.  Mr.  Southgate  died  while  Mrs.  Sully  was  organist.  There 
was  but  one  other  church  in  the  city  that  had  an  organ,  and  that 
was  the  'Old  Church,'  now  'St.  John'.s.'  Miss  Sally  Sully  was 
organist  for  several  years.  Mr.  Southgate  was  never  organist  of 
any  church  in  Richmond,  and  certainly  not  of  the  Momimental." 

Mr.  Drew,  the  writer  of  the  interesting  letter  to  Col.  Ellis, 
died  in  this  city,  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Wm. 
D.  Gibson,  on  Wednesday,  the  9th  of  October,  1878,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  94  ;  and  but  for  having  a  fall  some  weeks 
before,  by  which  his  hip  was  dislocated  or  broken,  he  might  have 
reached  100,  such  was  his  soundness  of  body  and  mind.  The 
letter,  as  above,  to  Col.  Ellis  bears  date  ten  years  and  four  months 
before  his  death.— G.  D.  F. 


Monumental  Church.  189 

Church,  provided  himself  with  a  hook  (as  required 
by  the  canon  of  1837,)  in  which  "to  make  out  and 
continue  an  exact  register  of  all  the  adult  members, 
communicants,  baptisms,  confirmations,  marriages, 
and  funerals,  within  the  congregation,  which  register 
shall  be  left  upon  his  death  or  removal,  for  the  use 
of  his  successor." 

In  this  book  he  wrote  the  following  introduction : 

"The  Monumental  Church  was  bnilt  on  the  site 
of  the  Richmond  theatre,  which  was  burned  Decem- 
ber 26th,  1811,  and  in  which  more  than  one  hun- 
dred persons  lost  tlieir  lives.  The  church  was  in- 
tended as  a  monument  to  commemorate  this  sad 
event. 

"In  May,  1814,  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.  D., 
rector  of  St,  Stephen's  Churcli,  New  York,  was 
chosen  the  first  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church. 
He  was  also,  on  tlie  18th  of  May,  1814,  consecrated 
bishop  of  Virginia. 

"Dr.  Moore  entered  on  his  duties  as  bishop  of 
Virginia  and  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church  in 
the  month  of  Octol)er,  1814.  He  continued  rector 
of  this  church  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the 
lltli  November,  1841.  During  the  twenty-seven 
years  of  Bishop  Moore's  rectorship,  the  interesting 
history  of  the  congregation  has  been  lost,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  failure  of  the  rector  to  keep  a  paro- 
chial register. 

"At  the  time  of  Bishop  Moore's  death,  a  very  im- 
perfect list  of  the  comnnmicants  of  the  congrega- 
tion was  the   only   parochial   record  that  could  be 


190  History  of  the 

found.  And  the  present  rector,  who  acted  as  as- 
sistant minister  from  January  1st,  1837,  to  the  time 
of  Bisliop  Moore's  death,  is  satisfied  that  no  register 
of  the  congregation  was  ever  kept. 

"T]iis  statement  is  made  in  order  to  account  for 
the  extraordinary  fact  that  there  is  no  earlier  regis- 
ter of  so  important  a  congregation  than  this  which 
follows. 

"  Signed,  William  Norwood, 

Rector  of  Monmneiital  Church.'''' 

Communicants. 
The  following  is  the  list  as  it  was  at  the  conven- 
tion of  1841,  to  whicli  Bisliop  Moore  made  his  last 
report  as  rector  of  the  Monumental  Church,  (alpha- 
betically arranged,  blanks  tilled  and  remarks  added 
by  T.  H.  Ellis.) 

Mrs.  Catherine  Ambler,  (widow  Miss  Henrietta  Bolton. 

of  Col.  John  Ambler.)  Dr.  James  Bolton. 

Mrs.    Catherine    Ambler,   (now  Mrs.  James  Bolton. 

Mrs.  E.  S.  Gay.)  "      George  T.  Booker. 

Mrs.  Frederick  Anderson.  '  •      John  Minor  Botts. 

Mr,  Richard  Anderson.  "      Judith     F.     Bradley,      (a 

Mrs.  William  Anderson,  Jr.  widow.) 

Miss  Fanny  Baylor,  (afterwards  Caroline  Bragg,  (colored.) 

Mrs.  Charles  Pollard. )  Miss  Ellen  Brown,  (afterwards 
Mrs.  Jane  O.  Bayly,  (widow  of        Mrs.  R.  S.  Taliaferro.) 

Thos.  H.  Bayly,  Esq. )  Miss  Frances  M.  Brown. 
Miss  Ellen  Beirne,  (afterwards       ' '      Harriet  Brown. 

Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Turner.)  Mrs.  James  Brown,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Loid  Belt.  Miss  Jane  Brown. 

•'      Archibald  Blair.  Mrs.  Catherine  Bullock,  (widow 

"      Beverly  Blair.  of  Col.  David  Bullock.) 

Miss  Margaret  Blair.  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Cabell. 

Mrs.  Walter  D.  Blair.  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Cabell. 


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191 


Mrs.  Daniel  Call. 
"      Elizabeth     Jaquelin    Car- 
riugtou,   (widow  of  Col.    Ed- 
ward Carringtou.) 

Mrs.  Lewis  W.  Chamberlayne. 
"      Elizabeth  Chevallie,  (wid- 
ow of  Mr.  Peter  J.  Chevallie. 

Miss  Mary  B.  Claiborne. 
"      Elizabeth  Coles. 
"      Catherine  Cook. 
"      Deborah  M.  Couch. 

Dr.  John  A.  Cunningham. 

Mr.  Joseph  Danforth. 

Miss  Frances  M.  A.  Danforth. 

Miss  Mary  Virginia  Danforth. 

Miss  Rebecca  H.  Danforth,  (now 
Mrs.  J.  Layue  ) 

Miss  Elizabeth  K.  Daniel. 

Mrs.  Frances  H.  Deane. 
"     Nath.  Den  by. 
"     Elizabeth    F.    Denoon, 
(widow  J.  J.  Denoon.) 

Mr.  Thomas  H.  Drew. 

Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Drew. 

Miss  Fanny  Eggleston. 
"     Jane  S.  Ellis,  (afterwards 
Mrs.  Beverley  Tucker 

Mrs.  Margaret  K.  Ellis,  (widow 
of  Charles  Ellis.; 

Mrs.  Williaiu  Finney. 

Miss    Elizabeth    Fisher,)    Miss 
Betsy,  commonly  called.) 

Mr.  George  D.  Fisher. 

Mrs.  George  D.  Fisher. 

Mr.  James  H.  Gardner.  I 

Mi's.  James  H.  Gardner. 

Mr.  Churchill  J.  Gibson. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gibson,  (widow 
of  Patrick  Gibson.) 

Mrs.  Henry  Gibson. 


Mr.  Wm.  D.  Gibson. 
Mrs.  Wm.  D.  Gibson. 
Mrs.  R.  C.  GiUiam. 

"     Claiborne  W.  Gooch. 

"     Kobiua  Gordon,  (widow.) 

"     Elizabeth    A.    Greenhow, 
(widow  of  Eo.  Greenhow.) 
Miss    Columbia    Gwathmey, 
(afterwards  Mrs.    Wm.    B. 
Caldwell.) 
Miss  Maria  Gwathmey. 
Mrs.  Temple  Gwathmey. 
Mr.  Jacob  Hall. 
Mrs.  Jacob  Hall. 
Mrs.  Ann  Harrison. 

"      Philip  Harrison. 
Miss  Ellen  Harvie,   (afterwards 

Mrs.  F.  G.  Kuffin.) 
Mrs.  Jaquelin  B.  Harvie. 

"      Clara    Haxall,    (widow   of 
Mr.  Philip  Haxall.) 
Mrs.  Robert  W.  Haxall. 
Miss  Eliza  Ann  Heath. 
Mrs.  James  E.  Heath. 

"      Beverley  Heth. 

"      John  Heth. 

"      Lucy  Higginbotham. 
Miss  E.  S,  Holmes. 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard. 
Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard. 
Miss  Mary  A.  Jenkins. 
Mrs.  Chairman  Johnson. 

■'      Geo.  N.  Johnson. 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Johnson,  (after_ 
wards  Mrs.  A.  F.  D.  Gilford.) 
Mrs.  Ann  Johnston,    (widow  of 

Judge  Peter  Johnston.) 
Miss  M.  Amelia  Judkins. 
Mrs   Wm.  H.  Keuuon. 

'•      Lacy. 


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History  of  the 


Miss  Sarah  Lambert. 
Mr.  Fabius  M.  Lawson. 
Mrs.  Beuj.  Watkins  Leigh. 

"      Frances  Leiper,  'widow  of 
Dr.  Andrew  Leiper.) 
Miss  Susan  B.  Lord. 
Mrs.  Lewis  Ludlam. 

"      James  Lyons. 
Miss  Mary  Lyons,  (afterwards 

Mrs.  Henry  A.  Wise.) 
Mr.  Wm.  B.  Macfarland. 
Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland. 
Miss  Jane  Mackenzie. 
Mrs.  Jane  Mackenzie,  (widow 

of  Wm.  Mackenzie. ) 
Miss  Mary  G.  Mackenzie,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  Caleb  Jones.) 
Mr.  Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr. 

"     Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Sr. 
Mr.  James  B.  Macmurdo. 
Mrs.  James  B.  Macmurdo. 

"     Macon. 

"     Ann  D.  McRae,  (widow  of 

Alex.  McRae.) 
Miss  Ann    D.    McRae,    (after- 
wards Mrs.  Jas.  Dunlop.) 
Mrs.  Socrates  Maupin. 

"     John  Mayo. 

"     Wm.     Mayo,    (widow    of 
Col.  Wm.  Mayo.) 

"     Ann  M.  Mead,  (widow  of 

Rev.  Z   Mead.) 
Miss  Abby  Miller. 

"     Hannah  Miller. 
Mr.  Samuel  P.  Mitchell. 
Miss  Christian  Moore. 

"    Mary  Ann  Moore. 

"     Sarah  Moore. 
Mr.  Henry  W.  Moucure. 


Mrs.  Henry  W.  Moncnre. 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Morton,  (died  itt 
Orange  county,  Dec,   1878.) 

Mrs.  .Jeremiah  Morton. 
"     John  G.  Mosby. 

Mr.   Hall  Neilson. 

Captain  Thomas  Nelson. 

Mrs.  Hall  Neilson. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Nelson. 

Miss  Agnes  Nicolson,  (Mrs.  Dr. 
Thos.  Nelson.) 

Miss  Jane  Nicholas. 

Mrs.  Judge  P.  N.  Nicholas. 
"     Robert  C.  Nicholas. 

Mrs.  Adoljahus  W.  Nolting. 

Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  (assistant- 
s-minister.) 

Mrs.  Wm.  Norwood. 

Mrs.  Pamella  Orgain,    (widow.) 

Mr.  Charles  P.  Osborne,  (died 
in  New  York  in  1879.) 

Mrs.  Charles  F.  Osborne. 
"      John  M.  Patton. 

Mr.  Robert  Pollard. 

Miss  Sally  Price 

Mrs.  Thomas  M.  Randolph. 
•'      James  Rawliu^s,  (died  in 
1879.) 

Mrs.  Charles  C.  Richardson. 

Miss  Harriet  H.  Richardson. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Richardson, 
(widow  of  Mr.  Thomas  Rich- 
ardson.) 

Mrs.  Thomas  Ritchie. 

Miss  Jane  Richardson. 

Mrs.  Amanda  P.  Robert,  (af- 
terwards Mrs.  J.  J.  Werth.) 

Mrs.  John  Robinson. 

Miss  Margaret  Robinson. 

Mrs.  Wirt  Robinson. 


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19a 


Mrs.  John  Kutherfoord. 

Miss  Mary  S.  Sheppard. 

Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Smith. 
"      John  Adams  Smith. 
"      Ella  Sparhawk,  (widow  of 
Edward  V.  Sparhawk.) 

Miss  Mary  E.  Stanard,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  Wm.  G.  Cazenove, 
of  Alexandria.) 

Mrs.  Robert  C.  Stanard. 
' '      Mary  Ann  Stark,  (former- 
ly Mrs.  E.  W.  Hoots.) 

Mrs.  Ann  Stetson,  (widow  of 
Beuj.  Stetson.) 

Mrs.  Stewart. 
"      Augnsta  Tabb. 
"     Jaquelin  P.  Taylor. 

Miss  M.  Louisa  Tazewell,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  J.  B.  Southail. ) 

Miss  Sarah  B.  Tazewell,  (after- 
wards Mrs.  Geo.  Fitzgerald.) 
"     WilHana  Tazewell. 
"     Ann    Ti'iplett,  (afterwards 
Mrs.  Boiling  W.  Hasall.) 
"     Emily  Triplett. 

Mr.  John  E.  Triplett. 

Mrs.  John  R.  Triplett. 

Miss  Ann  M.  Valentine. 

Mr.  David  Walker. 

Mrs.  Warrell. 


Miss  Susan  Warrell. 

Mr.  Robert  Warwick. 

Mrs.  Watson. 

Miss  Eliza  Watson. 

Mrs.  George  Watson. 

Miss  Julia  Watson. 
"  Sally  Watson. 
"     Fanny  Watkins. 

Ml'.  J.  Ambler  Weed,  (he  be- 
came an  Episcopal  minister, 
and  afterwards  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic priest,  and  died  as  such, 
having  never  married.) 

Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Weed,  (mother 
of  above.) 

Miss  Mary  Weed. 
"     Whiting. 

"     Ella  Wickhani,  (afterwards- 
Mrs.   William  Leigh.) 

Mrs.  John  Wickham. 

Miss  Charlotte  C.  Wilby. 

Mrs.  Williams. 
"     Mary  Ann  Williams.. 

Mr.  William  Williams. 

Mrs.  William  Williams. 
"     EHzabeth  Wills. 

Miss  Mary  Wren. 
"     Susan    Wren,    (afterwards- 
Mrs.  Alfred  Leyburn.) 

Mrs,  William  D.  Wren. 


The  above  list,  according  to  Dr.  Norwood's  intro- 
duction, after  the  death  of  Bishop  Moore,  iu  1841, 
embraces  201  coniniunicants. 

184  2. 
The    convention    met  in    Staunton,  on  the    18th 
May  ;  Bishop  Mead,  president ;  Kev.  Benjamin  Mil. 

ler,  secretary. 

13 


194  History  of  the 

Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  attended  as  the  lay  delegate 
from  the  Monumental  Church. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev,  Mr.  Woodbridge,  Mr. 
Thomas  Nelson  was  appointed  a  trustee  of  the  fund 
for  the  support  of  widows  and  orplians  of  deceased 
clergymen,  to  supply  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the 
death  of  Mr.  Orren  AVilliams. 

The  Bishop  now  made  the  following  communica- 
tion to  the  convention  : 

•'  Brethren  and  Friends  :  Since  the  decease  of 
our  beloved  father,  Bishop  Moore,  my  thoughts  have 
often  been  led  to  a  subject  which  I  now  wish  to  pro- 
pose for  your  consideration.  I  mean  the  appoint- 
ment of  an  assistant  bishop  to  aid  me  in  the  arduous 
duty  of  this  diocese.  During  the  last  twelve  years 
I  have,  with  the  exception  of  a  very  few  places,  per- 
formed the  whole  of  the  itinerant  duties  of  the  dio- 
cese. It  has  required  on  an  average  at  least  eight 
months  in  each  year,  of  successive  services  from  day 
to  day,  to  render  what  has  still  appeared  to  me  very 
inefficient  supervision  of  the  diocese.  The  effect  of 
this  incessant  labor  of  mind  and  body  has  been  so 
injurious  to  me  already,  especially  to  my  voice,  which 
is  often  insufficient  for  duty,  and  the  attempt  to  con- 
tinue the  same  so  likely  to  result  in  entire  dis- 
ability, that  I  feel  it  a  duty  to  ask,  according  to 
the  provisions  of  the  constitution  of  the  church,  that 
I  may  have  an  assistant,  who  may  divide  with  me 
the  labors  of  a  diocese,  which,  from  its'  extent  and 
other  circumstances,  is  much  more  difficult  to  be 
served  than  any  other  in  our  country. 


MojsruMENTAL  Church.  195 

"  I  do  this  under  the  advice  of  many  friends,  and 
also  of  pliysicians,  who  are  competent  to  jndge  of 
my  infirmities. 

"  Hoping  that  you  will  accede  to  my  request,  and 
that  God  may  guide  you  in  the  choice  of  a  suitable 
person,  I  remain,  your  faithful  friend  and  brother  in 
Christ,  William  Mead." 

On  motion,  that  tins  convention  will  proceed  on 
to-morrow,  at  9  A.  M.,  to  the  election  of  an  assistant 
bishop,  the  ayes  and  noes  were  demanded,  and  ordered 
accordingly.  Motion  carried  in  the  afiirmative. 
Ayes,  47  ;  noes,  20. 

Saturday,  May  'iXst. — On  motion  of  the  Rev. 
Philip  Slaughter,  and  agreeably  to  adjournment,  the 
convention  proceeded  to  the  election  of  an  assistant 
bishop. 

After  some  appropriate  remarks  by  the  bishop,  in 
reference  to  tlie  importance  of  the  work  they  now 
were  about  to  engage  in,  the  clergy  and  laity,  with 
all  present,  were  called  upon,  as  usual  on  such  oc- 
casions, to  devote  a  few  moments  in  silent  prayer  to 
Almighty  God,  for  the  aid  and  guidance  of  His 
Holy  Spirit. 

In  compliance  with  the  fifth  article  of  the  con- 
stitution, the  convention  was  then  organized  into 
two  deliberative  and  elective  bodies. 

Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson  and  Rev.  John  Grammar, 
were  appointed  tellers  on  the  part  of  the  clergy. 
Rev.  Mr.  Atkinson  rose  and  said  that,  although 
aware  the  name  of  no  individual  had  been  formally 


196  History  of  the 

announced  to  the  convention  as  a  candidate  for  the 
high  trust  about  to  be  bestowed,  it  was  known  to 
many  of  the  friends  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cobbs,  that  that 
gentleman's  name  had  l)een  mentioned  in  connec- 
tion with  the  office  of  assistant  bishop. 

He  would,  therefore,  state  to  the  friends  of  Mr. 
Cobbs,  and  at  his  particular  request,  the  desire  that 
his  name  miglit  not  be  used ;  and  further,  that  he 
had  deposited  with  him  (Mr.  A.)  his  ballot  for  Dr. 
Johns,  of  Maryland. 

General  Lewis,  in  a  few  remarks  addressed  to  the 
laity,  stated  (in  corroboration,  if  necessary,  of  what 
had  been  said)  that  a  similar  request  was  made 
tlirough  liim  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cobbs. 

Whereupon,  the  clergy  proceeded  to  cast  tlieir 
votes;  and  on  the  first  ballot  it  appeared  tliat  the 
whole  number  of  votes  taken  were  49 ;  of  which 
number  the  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  of  Maryland, 
received  43. 

The  Rev.  Doctor  Johns  was  thereupon  nominated 
by  the  clerg}^  to  the  laity,  as  a  suitable  person  for  the 
office  of  assistant  bishop  of  Virginia. 

Mr.  John  Nelson  and  Mi'.  Cassius  F.  Lee,  were 
appointed  tellers.  ^ 

The  votes  of  the  laity  were  then  received,  and  on 
the  first  ballot  announced  to  be  as  follows:  Whole 
number  of  votes  given,  33,  of  which  the  Rev.  John 
Johns,  of  Maryland,  obtained  25. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Johns  was  then  declared  by  the 
president  to  be  canonically  elected  assistant  bishod 
of  Viro-inia. 


MOKUMENTAL  ChUKCH.  197 

On  motion  of  Mr.  John  Nelson,  ordered  that 
Bishop  Meade  be  requested  to  communicate  with  Dr. 
Johns  on  his  election  to  the  Episcopate  of  this  dio- 
cese, 

"  On  motion,  Resolved,  That  this  convention  do 
consider  the  election  of  Dr.  Johns  unanimous." 

General  Lewis,  from  the  committee  on  finance, 
presented  and  read  the  following  report,  viz : 

"  Contributions  to  contingent  fund  :  Monumental 
Church,  Richmond,  $130." 

Rev.  Wm.  Norwood  and  Mr.  William  Williams 
were  appointed  members  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  "  Protestant  Episcopal  Association "  for  the 
promotion  of  Chi'istianity  in  Virginia. 

Mr.  William  Williams  was  appointed  treasurer  of 
the  same  association. 

Rev.  J.  P.  McGuire,  from  the  committee  on  the 
state  of  the  church,  made  the  following  report; 

"  In  an}^  estimate  which  we  can  take  of  the  state 
of  the  church,  the  first  thing  presenting  itself  to 
every  mind  is  the  lamented  death  of  that  aged  and 
beloved  man  of  God,  our  late  Diocesan. 

"  Of  the  character  of  Bishop  Moore,  his  usefulness, 
the  debt  of  love  and  gratitude  we  owe  him,  our  ob- 
ligations to  our  Divine  Lord  for  enabling  him  to  con- 
tinue his  apostolic  labors  to  almost  the  last  hour  of 
his  long  life,  your  committee  do  not  intend  to  speak, 
nor  will  it  attempt  any  suitable  tribute  to  his  me- 
mory, as  that  lias  been  made  tlie  duty  of  others. 

"  But  no  view  of  \\\e  diocese  could  be  taken,  at  all 
satisfactory,  without  some  respectful  allusion  to  some 


198  History  of  the 

record  of  the  protbnnd  sensibilit}'  with  which  we  re- 
member him,  who  will  for  many  a  day  to  come  live 
in  the  filial  affections  of  the  chnrch  of  Virginia. 
At  the  last  convention  it  was  known  that  the  impaired 
health  of  our  present  diocesan  rendered  it  expedient 
for  him  to  travel  abroad  ;  and  the  church  having 
commended  him  to  the  blessing  and  protection  of 
Almighty  God,  it  is  now  her  duty  to  acknowledge 
that  good  providence  which  preserved  him  by  land 
and  sea,  and  in  due  season  restored  him  to  his  loved 
duties  and  diocesan  home.  But  it  is  a  cause  of  deep 
regret  that  the  hoped-for  restoration  of  his  health 
was  not  secured.  That  is  still  so  much  impaired  as 
to  render  proper  the  election  of  an  assistant  bishop 
to  aid  him  in  the  discharge  of  his  episcopal  duties, 
as  he  himself  has  informed  this  body. 

"In  ready  response  to  his  wishes,  yon  have  called 
the  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  to  that  responsible 
office.  May  the  blessing  of  God  rest  upon  this 
momentous  transaction!" 

Parochial  Report. — Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond ;  William  Norwood,  Rector.  Communicants, 
total,  260;  contributions  to  various  charities,  $868. 

Memorandum  made  b}^  Rer.  Mr.  Norwood : 

"The  following  is  the  continuation  of  the  list 
since  it  became  my  duty  to  keep  this  register  of 
communicants,  commencing  with  those  who  were 
not  reported  to  the  convention  of  1841,  by  Bishop 
Moore,  between  convention  of  1841  and  convention 
of  1842,"  viz: 


Monumental  Chukch. 


199 


Miss  Susau  V.  Archer. 

"      Mary  Ann  Adams. 
Dr.  Eichard  Caiy  Ambler. 
Mr.  Archibald  B.  Anderson. 
Miss  Julia  G.  Barton. 
Mrs.  William  Beers. 
Dr.  John  N.  Brooks. 
Mrs.  M.  L.  Brookes. 
Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Chamberlayne. 
Mr.  James  Claiborne. 
Miss  Ellen  Clarke. 
Mr.  Wm.  Copland. 
Mrs.  Eliza  Cunningham. 
Mr.  Peter  V.  Daniel,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Isaac  Davenport. 
Mr.  Edward  C.  Drew. 
Mrs.  Mary  L.  M.  Elfreth. 
Mr.  James  Evans. 
Miss  Caroline  Gardner. 

"      Phebe  A.  Gardner. 
Mrs.  Claiborne  Gooch. 
Mr.  Temple  Gwathmey. 
Mr.  Richard  C.  Hall. 
Miss  Sarah  Hall. 
Miss  Virginia  Hall. 
Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Hamilton. 
Miss  Betty  Ambler  Harrison. 

"      Virginia  Harvie. 

"     Elizabeth  F.  Haxall. 
Dr.  Eobert  W.  Haxall. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Holmes. 

"      Edward  C.  Howard. 
Mr.  Wm.  B.  Johnson. 
Mrs.  George  T.  Kennon. 
Mr.  WilUam  Kerr. 
Miss  Susan  Lane. 
Mr.  Alexander  Ludlam. 


Miss  Martha  G.  Mackenzie. 
Mr.  C.  Waldrop  Macmurdo. 
Mrs.  C.  Waldrop  Macmurdo. 
Mr.  Alexander  McEae. 

"    Wm.  C.  Meredith. 

"    Benjamin  B.  Minor. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Mitchell,  Jr. 
Mr.  Hugh  Thomas  Nelson.. 
Miss  Catherine  Page. 
Mrs.  Geo.  S.  Palmer. 

'*      James  W.  Pegram. 
Mr.  B.  P.  Perkins. 
Mrs.  Christian  E.  Price. 
Mr.  Thomas  E.  Price. 

"    D.  Copland  Eandolph. 
Miss  Ehzabeth  A.  Eandolph.. 

•'      Harriet  W.  Eandolph. 

"      Mary  G.  Eandolph. 

"      Elizabeth  E.  Scott. 
Mrs.  Sharp. 

Mrs.  Andrew  Stevenson. 
Miss  Caroline  Stuart. 
Mr.  John  Stewart. 
Airs.  M.  Strobia. 
Mr.  James  Taylor. 
Mrs.  John  Thompson. 
Miss  Julia  Thompson. 
Mr.  Anthony  Thornton. 
Mrs.  Anthony  Thornton. 
Miss  Nancy  Trent. 
Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Watson. 
Miss  Virginia  Willcox. 

"      Alice  Willams. 

"      Mary  O.  Williams. 
Mr.  Wm.  C.  Williams. 
Miss  M.  Amanda  Williamson. 
Mrs.  Alice  Worthington. 


200  History  of  the 

BAPTISMS.* 

1841,  June  1. — Ellen  Elizabeth,  infant  daughter  of  Jacob  Mat- 
tern.     Anna  Louisa,  infant  daughter  of  Francis  Dusch. 

June  6. — Mrs.  Catherine  Jane  Clarke,  and  Mary  Jane,  Wattie, 
Junius,  and  Alice,  infant  children  of  Mrs.  C.  J.  Clarke. 

November  28. — Mary  Ann  Adams,  adult. 

December  ,5. — Margaret  Nimmo,  infant  daughter  of  N.  Beverley 
Tucker.  Sally  Radford,  infant  daughter  of  George  Wythe 
Munford. 

December  25. — An  infant  sou  of  John  M.  Patton,  Esq.  Margaret 
Page,  infant  daughter  of  William  E.  Anderson.  Isabella 
McLean,  infant  daughter  of  John  M.  Botts,  Esq. 

1842,  January  16. — Phillip  Harrison,  infant  son  of  James  Bol- 
ton .  An  infant  daughter  of  Wyndham  Robertson,  Esq.  Two 
Oerman  children.  A  child  of  John  Heth.  A  child  of  Beverley 
Heth.  A  child  of  Ludwell  H.  Brown.  A  child  of  Henry  W. 
MoDCure.  A  child  of  Robert  C.  Nicholas.  A  child  (unknown.) 
A  child  of  C.  W.  Macmurdo.     Catherine  Moore,  (a  foundling.) 

Baptisms  remembered  to  have  ))een  done  by  Bisliop 

Moore,  (but  imperfectly  reported  irom  memory),  in 

1841: 

1842,  February. — Henrietta,  infant  daughter  of  Henry  and  Doris 
Schutte. 

February  19.  — Elizabeth  Rose  Scott,  adult.  Mary  Amanda  Wil- 
liamson, adult. 

March  12. — Alexander,  infant  son  of  Dr.  John  A.  Cunningham. 

March  31. — Harrison,  infant  son  of  Charles  F.  Osborne.  An  in- 
fant child  of  General  James  W.  Pegram,  baptized  by  Rev.  N. 
H.  Cobbs. 

April  10. — Hugh  Mercer,  infant  sou  of  Robert  C.  Stanard.  Mary 
Louisa,  infant  daughter  of  Nathaniel  C.  Denby. 

April  22.— Wm.  Clarkson  Meredith,  adult. 

*NoTE. — {By  the  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood.)— "■  XiniiX  after  the  11th 
of  November,  1841,  (the  date  of  Bishop  Moore's  death),  this  list 
is  imperfect,  as  I  only  record  from  my  private  journal  the  bap- 
tisms performed  by  me,  those  performed  by  Bishop  Moore  be- 
ing omitted,  except  in  a  few  cases  when  they  were  remembered," 


Monumental  Church.  201 

May  10.— Mrs.  Mary  M.  Elfreth,  adult. 
"     11. — Mrs.  Uria  Davenport,  adult ;  Mrs.  William  F.  Watson, 

adult. 
May  li. — ^Mr.  B.  P.  Perkius,  adult,  and  by  immersion  in  James 

River. 
May  15.— Miss  Mary  Ellen  Clarke,  adult. 
"     19. — Elizabeth,  Susan,  and  Nancy,  infant  daughters  of  Oliver 

P.  Beirne. 
June  5. — Henrietta,  infant  daughter  of  Edward  S.  Gay. 
June  12. — Maria,  infant  daughter  of  Frederick  Anderson. 

"    14. — James,  infant  son  of  LudweU  H.  Brown. 

*'    15. — James  Layne,  adult.    Cornelia  Jenkins,  adult. 

*'    19. — Bradfute,  infant  son,  and  Roselie,  infant  daughter,  of 

Corbin  Warwick,  Esq. 
June  24. — Belinda  Ann  Mitchell,  adult.    Joseph  Hartson  Coats, 

adult. 
June  28. — John   Wren,    infant  son  of  Dr.    George  T.    Kennon. 

William,  infant  son  of  John  F.  Wren. 
July  17. — Thomas  Hall,  infant  sou  of  Hall  Neilson. 
September  4. — Eobert  Haxall,  infant  sou  of  Geo.  D.  Fisher. 
"         14. — Henry  Julius,  infant  son  of  Charles  Loth. 
"         26. — Frederick  Gustavus,  infant  son  of  Fredei-ick  Rein- 

hardt . 
September  29. — Geo.  Theodore,  infant  son  of  Jacob  Mattern. 
October  5. — Francis  Taliaferro,  infant  son  of  F.  E.  Brooke. 
"     9. — John,  infant  son  of  John  J.  Worth. 
"   14  —  Mary  Baskerville,  infant  daughter  of  Wm.  B.  Ham- 
ilton. 
October  16. — Edwin  Irvin  and  Louisa  Irvin,  orphans  ;  nephew  and 

niece  of  the  Rev.  Benjamin  M.  Miller. 
October  30. — James  Dunlop,  infant  son  of  Henry  W.  Moncure, 

born  2nd  August,  1842. 
November  29. — Alexander  Albert,  infant  son  of  Augustus  Henrice, 

born  August  29,   1842.    Mildred  Ann  and  Betty  Bennett,  in- 
fant daughters  of  Wm.  F.  Watson. 
December. — William,  infant  son  of  Wm.  Anderson. 
1843,  January  2. — Kathleen,  born  July  18,  1839 ;  and  Anne,  born 

August  12,  1842,  infant  daughters  of  Joseph  R.  Anderson. 
January'  5.— Helen  Patterson,  infant  daughter  of  Richard  Crouch, 

born  July  19,  1839. 


202  History  of  the 

January  6. — Thomas  Leiper,  child  of  Kicharcl  Crouch.  Mary 
Blair  and  Alice  Williams,  infant  daughters  of  John  Adams 
Smith. 

January  15. — Lucy  Parke,  infant  daughter  of  Dr.  L.  W.  Cham- 
berlayue.  Sarah  Page,  infant  daughter  of  Mrs.  Henrietta  Fox. 
Henry  Brown,  infant  son  of  Edwin  Robinson,  born  April  8, 
1842.  Clarence,  infant  son  of  Abram  Warwick.  John  Johns, 
infant  son  of  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  baptized  by  Right  Rev. 
John  .Johns,  and  born  13th  October,  1842,  the  day  of  Bishop 
John's  consecration.  William  Tinsley,  brother  of  Elizabeth 
Randolph,  born  June  12,  1833. 

January  27. — Henrietta  Amelia,  infant  daughter  of  East- 
man, born  January  1-1,  1843.  James  Rawlins,  born  January 
31,  1843;  and  Mary  Chapman,  born  February,  1841,  children 
of  Dr.  Socrates  Maupiu. 

April  22. — Agnes  Conway,  infant  daughter  of  Moncure  Robin- 
son, born  April  8,  1842.  Phebe,  infant  daughter  of  John  N. 
and  Anna  Jane  Shields. 

April  23. — Channing  Moore,  infant  son  of  Dr.  James  Bolton, 
born  January  24,  1843.  Elizabeth,  infant  daughter  of  Anthony 
Thornton. 

April  24. — Ellena  Frances  Hurt,  orphan,  aged  12.  Virginia 
Hardy,  orphan,  aged  8. 

April  2.5. — John  Buchanan,  born  September  9,  1842,  and  Henry 
Delaplaue,  born  October  7,  1840,  sons  of  John  B.  Danforth. 

May  14. — Mrs.  Frances  Robinson,  wife  of  Mr.  Edwin  Robinson. 

June  25. — Richard  Channing  Moore,  infant  sou  of  Thomas  R. 
Price. 

July  2. — Samuel  Demilt,  infant  son  of  Wm.  Mitchell,  Jr.,  born, 
October  31,  1842. 

July  4. — An  infant  son  of  Mr.  Krahe. 

October  10.— Ann  Eliza,  child  of  Dr.  Miles  George,  born  Aug. 
10,  1839. 

October  15. — Virginia  Johnson,  infant  daughter  of  General  Jas. 
W.  Pegram,  born  July  15,  1843. 

October  23. — Susan  Overton,  infant  daughter  of  John  O.  Stager, 
born  February  7,  1843. 

October  30. — An  infant  daughter  of  John  F.  Wren. 

December  27. — Henry  Lawson,  infant  son  of  Mr.  James,  of 
Farmville. 


Monumental  Church.  20S 

1844,  January  7. — Christoi^her,  bom  August  1(1,  18;3'J,  and 
Chauning  Moore,  born  April  10,  1843,  sons  of  Anthony  Robin- 
son, Jr.,  Esq. 

January  8. — Arthur  Shaaff,  infant  sou  of  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
born  October  10,  184:1 

March  11. — Margaret  Nimmo,  infant  daughter  of  Geo.  W.  and 
Ehzabeth  T.  Munford,  born  June  1,  1843.  Henry  St.  George, 
infant  son  of  Beverley  and  Jane  S.  Tucker,  born  May  25, 1843. 

March  24. — Ann  Carter,  born  August  5,  1832;  Virginia,  born 
June  28,  1835,  and  Alice,  born  January  22,  1842,  children  of 
Benjamin  Watkins  and  Julia  Wickham  Leigh.  Meriwether, 
infant  son  of  G.  Waldrop  and  Ann  F.  Macraurdo,  born  Octo- 
ber 22,  1843.  Charles  Wyndham,  born  Aug.  8,  1841,  and 
Henry  Erskine.  born  Oct.  25,  1843  ;  sons  of  Charles  S.  and 
Margaret  L.  Gay ;  Elizabeth  Gary,  daughter  of  Elizabeth  B. 
and  Ro.  C.  Nicholas,  born  Aug.  0,  1843.  Elizabeth  Frances 
Wellford,  a  negro  presented  by  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jas.  Bolton. 

March  31. — Miss  Anne  C.  Robinson,  daughter  of  Mr.  Anthony 
Robinson,  Jr.  Mary,  infant  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Amanda  Stewart. 

April  24. — James  French,  son  of  John  M.  and  Peggy  Patton,. 
born  September  18,  1843. 

May  5. — Mary  Phillips,  daughter  of  James  H.  and  Phebe  Gard- 
ner, born  January  3,  1843.  Wm.  Hamilton,  son  of  Wm.  H. 
and  Nannie  Macfarland,  born  March  14,  1844.  Alice,  daughter 
of  Andrew  Beirne.  Ravenscroft,  son  of  Chas.  J.  and  Elizabeth 
Macmurdo,  born  April  4,  1844. 

May  30. — Ann  Dabney,  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  W. 
Chamberlayne,  born  May  18,  1844.  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  Archer,  born  September  15,  1843. 

June  10. — Channing  Moore,  son  of  Rev.  William  and  Winnifred 
B.  Norwood,  born  March  8,  1844. 

July  14. — Anne  Eliza,  daughter  of  Charles  F.  and  Mary  Osborne, 
bom  April  2,  1844.  William  Graham,  son  of  Joseph  R.  and 
Sally  Anderson,  born  Juue  !),  1844.  Emily,  daughter  of  Jaque- 
lin  B.  and  Mary  Marshall  Harvie,  born  January  12,  1840. 

[September  25. — John  George,  son  of  George  and  Margaret  Grill,, 
born,  July  2G,  1844. 

I  October  20. — Jane  Nicholas,  daughter  of  Dr.  Socrates  and  Sarah 
Maupiu,  born  June  5,  1844. 


204:  History  of  thpj 

November  10. — Helen  Frances,  born  July  2-t,  1842;  and  Caro- 
line Gardner,  born  March  29,  18-14 ;  daughters  of  Ambrose 
and  Mary  Ann  D.  Carlton.  Mary  Ann,  daiighter  of  George  N. 
and  Margaret  A.  C.  Johnson,  born  July  18,  1844.  Thomas,  son 
of  George  T.  and  Caroline  Booker,  born  April  16,  1844. 

November  24. — James,  son  of  James  and  Ann  McKae  Dunlop, 
born  August  24,  1844.  James  Rhodes,  son  of  John  and 
Amanda  P.  Werth,  born  August  31,  1844. 

December  15. — Charles  Francis,  born  November  21,  1841,  and 
Josephine,  born  January  13,  1844,   children  of  Mr.  Nenzel. 

December  2r». — Jacobina  Carolina,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
Karu,  born  August  20,  1844.  William  Jacob,  son  of  Charles 
and  Dorathea  Loth,  born,  November  8,  1844. 

December  2!>. — John  Jaquelin,  son  of  Henry  W.  And  Catherine 
C.  Moncure,  born  December  23,  1843. 

184.5,  January  12. — John  Overton  Steger,  adult. 

January  l.o. — Philip  Pendleton,  son  of  John  O.  and  Mary 
Steger,  born  August  14,  1844.  Benjamin  Frederick,  son  of 
Frederick  and  Cora  Anderson,  born  January  11,  1844.  An  in- 
fant child  of  Mr.  Anthony  Thornton. 

April  27. — Cyrus  Henry,  born  July  23,  1834.  Gertrude,  born 
October  6,  1830.  Charles  Adams,  born  February  15,  1841; 
Benjamin  Franklin,  born  October  17,  1842  ;  and  Kobert  Henry, 
born  July  0,  1844,  children  of  Robert  H.  and  Cornelia  Jen- 
kins. 

June  20. — James  Ellis,  son  of  Nathaniel  Beverley  and  Jane  S. 
Tucker,  born  October  25,  1844.  Elizabeth  Ellis,  daughter  of 
George  Wythe  and  Elizabeth  T.  Munford,  born  February  15, 
1845. 

July  2. — Cary  Robinson,  son  of  John  N.  and  Anna  J.  Shields. 
"  13. — Samuel  Albert,  son  of  George  and  Ann  Beauchamp. 

Augiist  13. — Theodosia  Virginia,  daughter  of  John  F.  and  Cath- 
erine E.  Wren,  born  June  17,  184.5. 

November.  — Horatio  Sprague,  son  of  William  and  Mary  Ann  An- 
derson. John  Richards,  son  of  Wm.  S.  and  Ann  0.  Triplett, 
born  May  11,  1845. 

November  29. — William  Garland,  son  of  Wm.  M.  and  Rebecca 
Overton,  born  March  8,  1845.     William  C.  Crump,  adult. 


Monumental  Church. 


205. 


CONFIRMATIONS.* 


183!).— December  29. 
Mrs.  David  Campbell,  (wife  of 
Governor.) 

"      Julia  Nelsou. 

"      Caroline  Booker. 

"      Cora  Anderson. 

"      Natja'l  Denby. 

•'      Catherine  Ambler,  (Mrs. 
E.  S.  Gay  now.) 

"     Mary  Louisa  Randolph. 
Miss  Henrietta  Bolton. 

"      Ellen  Beirue. 

"      Ann  Triplett. 

"     Emily  Triplett. 

"     Mary  Weed. 

"     Jane  S.  Ellis. 

"      Caroline  Anthony. 

"     Mary  A..  Jenkins, 

"     Mary  Sheppard. 

"     Mary  Claiborne. 

"     Harriet  Richardson. 
Mrs.  Dr.  Wat.- on. 
Miss  Sally  Watson. 

"     Fanny  Baylor. 
Mrs.  George  Beirne,  of  Hunts- 
ville,  Ala. 

"      Mary  Green. 

"      John  Rutherfoord. 
Miss  Nancy  Trent. 
Joseph  Trent. 
Judge  Richard  E.  Parker. 

1840.— June  21. 
Miss  Ann  McRae. 
Charles  R.  Barney. 
Mrs.  Virginia  Heth. 
Miss  Columbia  Gwathmey. 


Miss  Maria  Gwathmey. 

"      Harriet  Porter. 

"      Eliza  Ann  Heath. 
Mrs.  Mary  Gilmer. 

December  23. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Robinson. 
Miss  Emeline  Gardner. 

"     Sarah  Tazewell. 

"     Louisa  Tazewell. 
Mrs.  Robert  C.  Stanard. 

1841.— April  7. 
Mrs.  Henningham  Lyons. 

"     Lucy  Howard. 

"     Geo.  Nicolson  Johnson. 
Miss  Mary  Stanard. 

''     MaryTabb,  of  Gloucester. 
June  G. 
Miss  Catherine  J.  Clarke. 

"      Ellen  Harvie. 
Wm.  B.  Johnson. 
Alexander  McRae. 

1842.— February  20. 
Dr.  Robert  W.  Haxall. 
Thomas  R.  Price. 
Wm.  Copland. 
Miss  Virginia  Harvie. 

"      Elizabeth  Randolph. 

"     Mary  Ann  Adams. 

"      Morrison. 

"      Elizabeth  F.  Haxall. 

"      Catherine  Page. 

"     Margaret  Holmes. 

"      Mary  A.  Williamson. 
Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Chamberlayne. 

"      C.  Waldrop  Macmurdo. 

"      John  Thompson. 


*  Note. —(-By  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood) :  "This  list  is  complete  as  far 
back  as  December  29,  18.39,  being  copied  from  my  private  journal, 
which  contained  a  perfect  list  from  its  commencement." 


206 


History  of  the 


Mrs.  Eliza  Cuuningham. 
Miss  Mary  Williams. 
Mrs.  Andrew  Stevenson. 

"      C.  Elizabeth  Price. 
Miss  Virginia  Hall. 

"     Sarah  Hall. 

June  2G. 
Dr.  Kichard  Gary  Ambler. 
Arch'd  B.  Anderson. 
Miss.  Julia  G.  Barton. 
Efford  B.  Bentley. 
Mrs  James  Brooks. 
Miss  Louisa  Campbell. 
James  Claiborne. 
Joseph  H.  Coates. 
James  B.  Cunningham. 
Peter  V.  Daniel,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Isaac  Davenport,  Sr. 

"     Mary  M.  Elfroth. 
Thomas  H.  Ellis. 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Fox. 
Miss  Caroline  Gardner. 

"     Phebe  A.  Gardner. 
Mrs.  Miles  George. 

"      Claiborne  W.  Gooch. 
Temple  Gwathmey. 
Kichard  C.  Hall. 
Miss  Bettie  A.  Harrison. 

' '     Mary  E.  Higginbotham. 
Mrs.  Robert  H.  Jenkins. 
James  Layne. 
Miss  Susan  Layne. 

"      Bettie  Lee. 
Alexander  Ludlame. 
Miss  Martha  Mackenzie. 
C.  Waldrop  Macmurdo. 
Wm.  C.  Meredith. 
Miss  Belinda  Mitchell. 
Hugh  Thomas  Nelson. 
James  J,  Page. 


George  S.  Palmer. 

B.  P.  Perkins. 

D.  Copland  Randolph. 

Miss  Harriet  W.  Randolph. 

"     Carolina  Stewart. 
John  Stewart. 
John  H.  Strobia. 
Mrs.  John  H.  Strobia. 
James  Taylor. 
Anthony  Thornton. 
Mrs.  Anthony  Thornton. 
Petertield  Trent. 
Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Watson. 

"      Joseph  A.  Weed. 
Miss  Virginia  Wilcox. 

"      Alice  Williams. 
Wm.  Williams. 
Edward  Wills. 
Mrs.  John  F.  Wren. 

18-1:'..— January  22. 
Joseph  R.  Anderson. 
Mrs.  Joseph  R.  Anderson. 
L  H.  Anthony. 
Mi.ss  Julia  Blackwell. 
Gilbert  B.  Claiborne. 
Mrs.  Richard  Crouch. 

Mr.  Easman. 

John  R.  Edmunds,  of  Halifax 

county,  Va. 
Mrs.  Julia  Fourquerean. 
Thomas  Fourquerean. 
Miss  Matilda  Gwathmey. 
Edward  C.  Harrison. 
Miss  Ann  Hunter. 
John  Adams  Smith. 
Mrs.  Chas.  Maurice  Smith. 
George  Weed. 
Miss  Hanah  E.  Weed. 

May  21. 
Mrs.  Peter  V.  Daniel. 


Monumental  Church. 


207 


Wm.  B.  Hamilton. 
William  Nelson. 
Miss  Charlotte  Eitchie. 
"      Margaret  Ritchie. 
Mrs.  Edwin  Robinson, 
Mrs.  Alice  "Worthington. 
1844— March  31. 
Miss  Ella  Burfoot,  (by  Bishop 
Johns.) 

Rosabel  Burfoot. 

Claiborne. 

Susan  Harvie. 

E.  Harriet  Haxall. 

Sarah  Holmes. 

Ann  Johns. 
Dr.  Carter  P.  Johnson. 
Chapman  Johnson. 
George  N.  Johnson. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Leigh, 
"     Mary  Page. 

COMMUNICANTS 
1842. 
Joseph  R.  Anderson. 
Mrs.  Joseph  R.  Anderson. 
J.  H.  Anthony. 
Efford  B.  Bentley. 
William  Brown. 
Miss  Louisa  Campbell. 
Gilbert  B.  Clairborne. 
Joseph  H.  Coates. 
James  B.  Cunningham. 
Miss  Leah  Davies. 
Thomas  H.  Ellis. 
George  W,  Ferry. 
Mrs.  Julia  Fourquerean. 
Thomas  A.  Fourquerean. 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Fox. 

"     Miles  George. 
Mr.  Green. 


Miss  Rosalie  Pollard. 

"     Ann  C.  Robinson. 

"     Coroelia  Robinson. 

Mrs.  Redwood. 

Miss  Mary  Smith. 
Mrs.  John  O.  Steger. 
Miss  Julia  Thompson. 

1845. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Wickham. 
Sunday  before  Easter. 
Miss  Sarah  BlackweU. 

"     Susan  Bright. 

Meade. 

Mrs.  Mary  Middleton, 
Miss  Mary  Mosby. 

"     Virginia  Mosby. 

"     Maria  Payne. 

"      Annie  Pellet. 
Mrs.  Moncure  Robinson. 
John  O.  Steger. 

ADDED  IN  1842-'45. 
Miss  Matilda  Gwathmey. 
Edw.  C.  Harrison. 
Miss  Mary  E.  Higginbotham. 

"     Catherine  R.  Johns. 
Mrs.  John  Johns. 
Miss  Julia  Johns. 
Mrs.  Ro.  H.  Jenkins. 
James  Layne. 
Miss  Bettj'  Lee. 
Mrs.  Benjamin  B.  Minor. 
Miss  Belinda  J.  Mitchell. 
James  J.  Page. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Paine. 

' '     Harriet  Porter. 
Chas.  Maurice  Smith. 
John  Adams  Smith. 
Mrs.  Christian  Swann. 
Dr.  Peterfield  Trent. 


208 


History  of  the 


George  Weed. 
Miss  Hannah  E.  Weed. 
Edward  Wills. 
Mrs.  John  F.  Wren. 
1843. 

"     Bessie  Bartlett  (returnedj. 

'•      Mary  Bozman. 
Miss  Ella  Burfoot. 

"     Rosabell  Burfoot. 

"      Claiborne. 
Mr.  Clerc. 

"    -Cowall. 

Mrs.  Richard  Crouch. 

"      Peter  V.  Daniel. 
Miss  Anuabella  Gibson. 
Wm.  B.  Hamilton. 
Miss  Susan  Harvie. 

"     E.  Harriet  Haxall. 

"      Anne  Johns. 
Dr.  Carter  P.  Johnson. 
Chapman  Johnson. 
George  Nicolson  Johnson. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Leigh. 
Moses,    (a   colored    servant   of 

Mr.  Taylor.) 
William  Nelson. 
Miss  Polly  Page. 
Mrs.  Redwood. 
Miss  Charlotte  Ritchie. 

"      Ann  0.  Robinson. 

"      Cornelia  Robinson. 
Mrs   Edwin  Robinson. 
Miss  Mary  Smith. 
Mrs.  John  O.  Steger. 

"      Corbiu  Warwick. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Wickham. 

18-1:4-1845. 

Mr.  Bissell. 


Mrs.  Bissell. 
Miss  Sarah  Blackwell. 
Mrs.  Germain  Briant. 
Miss  Susan  Bright. 
Mrs.  Elvira  H.  Bruce. 
Miss  Sarah  Bruce. 
Mrs.  Mary  Carter. 

"      Wm.  C.  Crump. 

"     Mary  M.  Cunningham. 
Mortimer  Davis. 
Theodore  Garuett. 
Mrs.  Caroline  Hall. 
Miss  Caroline  B.  Hall. 

"      Harriet  Hall. 

Mr.  Lipscomb. 

Mrs.  Lipscomb. 
Benjamin  L.  Meade. 
Mrs.  Benjamin  L.  Meade. 
Miss  Mary  E.  Meade. 
Silas  Merchant. 
Mrs.  Mary  Middleton. 

Mr. Mitchell. 

Miss  Mary  Mosby. 

"     Virginia  Mosby. 

"     Martha  I.  Murray. 

"     Rebecca  B.  Murray. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Overton. 
Miss  Maria  Payne. 

"      Annie  Pellet. 
Mrs.  Railey. 

"     Wirt  Robinson,  (returned 
from  Reading,  Penn.) 
John  O.  Steger. 

Mrs.  Beverley  Tucker, (returned 
from  Jefferson  County, 
Va.) 

"     John  Womble. 
Miss  Virginia  Womble. 


Tliis  closes  the  list  of  communicants  under  the 


Monumental  Chcrch.  209 

Rev.  Mr.  Norwood,  up  to  the  time  he  resigned  his 
rectorship  of  the  Monumental  Churcli,  ;ind  went  to 
St.  Paul's,  say  the  first  Sunday  in  December,  1845. 

MARRIAGES. 

Copied  from  Col.  Ellis's  journal,  furnished  from 
the  record  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood,  to  Dec.  1845. 

July  10. — Mr.  James  Brooks,  of  New  York,  to  Marj-  Louisa  Ran- 
dolph of  Wiltou. 

July  2G. — Thomas  F.  Butler  to  Virginia  Lamb,  both  of  Richmond. 

August  17. — Lewis  G.  Keith  to  Eliza  M.  Sauxay. 

Sei^tember  22. — Alexander  Randall,  of  Maryland,  to  Catharine  G. 
Wirt. 

December  2. — W.  J.  Bennett,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  to"  Sarah  F. 
Rutherfoord,  of  Richmond. 

December  27. — Peter  Fehr  to  Wilhelmiua  Cuhlhaus.  Chi-istian 
Mejjps  to  Margurita  Gerberding. 

1842,  February  24. — Richard  S.  Massieto  Sarah  Maria  Thompson. 
April. — Augustus  Schad  to  Mary  Kohlhouse. 

May  17. — George  Fitzgerald,    of  Nottoway  county,  to  Sarah  B. 

Tazewell. 
September  22. — John  Joseph  Roles,  of  Florida,  to  Sarah  F.  Cook. 
September  29. — John  Gottfield  Lange  to  Madeline  Lipps. 
October  n. — Henrj'  Staats  to  Mai'garet  Behtie. 

"      8. — Frederick  Hoffner  to  Frances  Good.      Lewis  Rhine - 

hardt  to  Christiana  Paul. 

1843,  January  2"). — Albert  J.  White,  United  States  Senator  from 
Indiana,  to  Harriet-  W.  Randolph. 

March  9. — John  Stewart  to  Mary  Amanda  Williamson.     A  colored 

servant,  to  one  of  Mr.  David  Walker's. 
.June  ir>. — James  Dunlop  to  Ann  McRae. 
August  G.  —  Chas.  SteiTican  to  Margarett  Ann  Mepps. 
September  14. — Caleb  Jones  to  Mary  Mackenzie. 

"  19. — Alex.  Ludham  to  Frances  .\nn  Anderson. 

December  21. — William  Marshall,  late  of   England,  to  Gertrude 

Virginia  Hall,  grandaughter  of  Right  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore,  D.  D.^ 

deceased. 

14 


210  History  of  the 

December  27. — Fabius  Maximus  Lawsou  to  Sarah  Angelina 
Gilliam. 

1844,  February  15. — John  Grattan  Cabell  to  Sarah  Tankersley. 

"  18. — John  W.  Brimmer  to  Elizabeth  Hartzbarger. 

September  12. — Joseph  Goode  to  Eudora  Virginia  Jenks. 
October  16. — Archibald  Blair  to  Lavinia  K.  Lanness. 

"      27. — Henry  Smith  to  Hannah  Susannah  Santon. 
November  10. — Benjamin   Johnson  Barbour,  of  Orange  Co.,  to 

Caroline  Homassel  Watson,  of  Richmond. 
November  21. — Richard  Schutte  to  Tensa  Ross. 
December  12. — Herbert  P.  Lefebvre  to  Mary  O.  "Williams. 

1845,  February  6. — Efford  Boiling  Bentley  to  Lucy  Williamson 
Chamberlayne. 

September  25. — Samuel  J.  Harrison  to  Nannie  Oaskie. 
October  29.  —Joseph  H.  Crenshaw  to  Martha  Virginia  Womble. 
November   13. — Adolphus  F.    D.    Gifford,    late  of   England,  to 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Chapman  Johnson,  Esq. 

This  list  closes  Mr.  Norwood's  record  of  marriages 
to  like  period  of  conimunicants,  say  to  December, 
1845. 

FUNERALS. 

1841,  November  —Child  of  B.  W.  Leigh,  Esq. 

December. — An  infant  son  of  John  M.  Patton,  Esq.  A  child  of 
Wm.  F.  Watson.     Miss  Georgianna  Randolph. 

November  14. — At  Lynchburg,  Virginia,  the  Right  Rev.  Richard 
Channing  Moore,  D.  D.,  late  bishop  of  Virginia.  An  infant 
son  of  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Watson.     George  Wickhara. 

December. — Mrs.  Richard  Randoljih. 

1842,  February  7.— Ellen  Hall. 

TMarch  6. — Phillips  Gardner;  Philip  Harrison,  son  of  Dr.  J.  Bol- 
ton. 

May. — Mrs.  Archibald  Blair.  An  infant  daughter  of  Wm.  Ander- 
son. A  child  at  the  orphan  asylum.  A  child  of  Mr.  William 
Beers. 

June. — A  child  of  Mr.  Campbell. 

August.  — Miss  Eliza  Robinson. 

October  1. — Alfred  Powell. 

October  11. — Mrs.  Mary  Green. 


Monumental  Church.  211 

October  12.— Mr.  Eobert  Pollard,  aged  87,  father  of  Mrs.  Thos. 
Richardson. 

October  22. — An  infant  son  of  Dr.  Micajah  Clarke. 

November  19. — Di*.  Josei^h  Trent.  Mrs.  William  Watson.  An 
infant  son  of  Byrd  Chamberlayne.  An  infant  son  of  William 
Anderson.  Mary  Blair,  an  infant  daughter  of  John  Adams 
Smith,  and  an  infant  son  of  same,  from  scarlet  fever. 

1843,  Januaiy  (J. — Helen  Patterson,  infant  daughter  of  Richard 
Crouch. 

January  1-1. — Agnes,  daughter  of  Moncure  Eobinson,  Esq. 

"      15. — Frances,  daughter  of  B.  W.  Leigh,  Esq.,  aged  five 

years  and  six  mouths. 
"      26. — Miss  Elizabeth  Fisher,  (commonly  known  as  Aunt 
Betsy,  sister  of  the  late  George  Fisher,  and  aunt  of  Mr.  George 
D.  Fisher.)     An  infant  daughter  of  Dr.  Kennon,   and   infant 
son  of  same.     Helen,  infant  daughter  of  C.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr. 
Moore  Eobinson,  adult,  (son  of  Mr.  John  Eobinson,  and  the 
brother  of  Mrs.  E.  B.  Haxall. )     Peyton  Drew,  (an  old  citizen 
and  brother  of  the  late  Mr.  Thos.  H.  Drew.) 
May  16 — An  infant  son  of  Dr.  Miles  George. 
June  22. — Mrs.  Catherine  J.  Clai'ke,  of  Chesterfield  county. 
June  27.— Mr.  Eobert  Gilliam. 
July  8.— Mr.  Campbell. 

"  25. — An  infant  child  of  Byrd  Chamberlayne. 
September  4. — An  infant  child  of  Wm.  Myers,  (not  named.) 

"        27. — Cary  Eobinson,  adult,  son  of  Mr.  John  Eobinson, 
and  brother  of  Messrs.  Moncure  and  Conwaj^  Eobinson. 
October  3.  —  Mrs.  John  Mays. 

•'      8.— Mr.  John  E.  Triplett. 

"    20. — John  H.,  son  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Denby. 

"  Miss  Mary  Clairborne.     Mr.  Gooch. 

1844,  June  5. — Alice,  infant  daughter  of  Andrew  Beirne.  A  child 
of  Mr.  Goode,  (not  of  the  congregation.) 

July  26. — F.  W.  Hoppe,  aged  23  years,  a  Prussian,  and  buried  by 
Eev.  Mr.  Coles. 

September  8. — James  B.,  son  of  J,  B.  Campbell,  Esq.,  of 
Charleston,  S.  C,  aged  6  years. 

September  23. —Mrs.  Mary  G.,  wife  of  Caleb  Jones,  and  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Mackenzie. 


212  HiSTOEY  OF  THE 

September  29. — Ravenscroft,  infant  sou  of  Mr.  Charles  J.  Mac- 
murdo,  Jr. 

November  12. — Joseph  Dauforth,  (father  of  the  late  Col.  Johu 
B.  Dan  forth.) 

November  18. — Miss  Eloisa  Frances  Archer,  and  daughter  of  Dr. 
Branch  T.  Archer. 

November  19. — Mr.  Wm.  Brown,  sou  of  James  Brown,  Jr. 
"  20.— Mrs.  John  G.  Mosby. 

December  28. — Mrs.  Ann  W.  Chamberlayne. 

"  29. — Mary  Chapman,  infant  daughter  of  Dr.  Socrates 

Maupin. 

1845,  January  9. — Mosby  Chamberlayne.     Mr.  Wm.  D.  Wren. 

May  8.— Mr.  David  Walker. 
"  10. — Mrs.  Mary  Louisa,  wife  of  Mr.  James  G.  Brooks. 
•'  12.— Hon.  William  H.  Eoane. 

July  31. — Cary  Robinson,  sou  of  Mr.  Johu  N.  Shields.    Mr.  , 

at  the  Tredegar  iron  works. 

August  19. — Jane,  daughter  of  Wm.  Brown,  deceased. 

November  15. — Mrs.  James  Allen.  Russell  Bigger,  son  of  Col. 
Thos.  B.  Bigger.  Lewis  Harvie,  sou  of  the  Late  General 
Jaquelin  B.  Harvie,  killed  accidently  with  his  shot-gun  hunt- 
ing. 

This  closes  the  list  of  funerals  as  recorded  by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Norwood,  up  to  the  date  of  his  resignation 
as  rector  of  the  Monumental  Churcli. 

"  Letter  of  Consecration,  for  Rev.  John  Johns, 
OF  Maryland. 

"Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we,  Alex- 
ander Viets  Griswold,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  Eastern  Diocese, 
Presiding  Bishop ;  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
Yn-ginia ;  Levi  Silliman  Ives,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church   in  the  State  of  North 


Monumental  Church.  213 

Carolina;  and  William  Rollinson  Whittingham,  D. 
D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  State  of  Maryland,  under  tlie  protection  of  Al- 
mighty God,  in  the  Monumental  Church  of  ^^the  city 
of  Richmond,  on  Thursday,  the  thirteenth  day  of 
October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  forty-two,  did  then  and  there,  riglitly 
and  canonically  consecrate  our  beloved  in  Christ, 
John  Johns,  rector  of  Christ  Churcli,  Baltimore, 
Marjdand,  of  whose  sufficiency  in  good  ^learning, 
soundness  in  the  faith,  and  purity  of  manners,  we 
were  fully  ascertained,  into  the  office  of  bishop,  to 
wliich  he  hath  been  elected  by  the  convention  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  assist  the  bishop  of  the  church  in  the  said 
State  in  the  duties  of  the  Episcopal  office,  and  to 
succeed  him  in  case  of  suvivorship. 

"Given  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  the  thirteenth 
day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  forty-two." 

Alexanrer  Y.  Griswold,  [SealJi 

William  Meade,'  [Seal.l 

L.  SiLLiMAN  Ives,  [Seal.^ 

Wm.  Rollinson  Whittingham,  iSeal.] 

The  consecration  sermon  on  this  occasion,  after- 
M'ards  publislied  by  request  of  the  bishops  and  clergy 
present,  was  preached  by  Bishop  Ives,  from  the  text, 
second  Timothy,  eleventh  chapter,  fifteenth  verse  : 
"Study  to  sliow  thyself  approved  unto  God," — his 
theme  being  the  "  Christian  bishop  approving  him- 
self to  God." 


214  History  of  the 

1843. 

The  convention  met  in  the  Monnnienttil  Church, 
Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  May  I7th;  Bishop  Meade, 
president.  Rev.  Benjamin  M.  Miller,  secretary. 

The  Rev,  jS^icholas  P.  Tillinghast,  assistant  minis- 
ter of  the.  Monumental  Church,  took  his  seat  as  a 
memljer  of  the  convention.  Messrs.  WillianiS  and 
William  H.  Macfarland  attended  as  the  lay  delegates 
from  the  Monumental  Church. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  his  annual  address  to  the  con- 
vention, said : 

"On  the  14th  of  October,  the  day  succeeding  my 
consecration,  I  left  Richmond,  in  company  with 
Bishop  Meade,  for  Lynchburg,  and  arrived  there  the 
15th.  The  next  day  l^eing  Sunday,  I  preached  both 
morning  and  night,  and  also  at  night  on  the  iTth. 

"The  events  of  the  last  few  days,  my  brethren, 
were  well  calculated  to  produce  an  impression  not 
easily  described,  and  I  trust  not  soon  to  be  foi"gotten. 

"Those  solemn  services,  which  liad  introduced  me 
to  the  untried  and  eventful  responsibilities  of  the 
episcopate,  engaging  me  to  a  participation  in  its  un- 
ceasing cares  and  varied  labors,  and  that  in  a 
field  comparatively  unknown,  and  amongst  a  people 
to  whom  I  came  ahnost  as  a  stranger,  were  vividly 
present  to  my  mind.  The  affecting  associations,  ir- 
resistibly suggested  by  the  scenes  through  which  I 
passed, — consecrated  in  the  very  church  which  had 
so  long  been  blessed  by  the  invaluable  pastoral 
services  of  the  venerable  and  beloved  bishop  whose 
lamented  death  furnished  the  occasion  for  the  pro- 


Monumental  Church.  215 

ceeding, — consecrated  on  the  very  spot  on  which 
the  bier  which  sustained  liis  mortal  remains  had 
rested  during  the  funeral  rites;  the  drapery  of 
mourning  still  covering  the  sacred  places  where  he 
had  so  often  and  so  earnestly  officiated  for  men  in 
things  pertaining  to  God;  surrounded  by  those  whose 
wounds,  not  yet  healed,  were  opened  afresh  by  the 
recollections  inseparable  from  the  occasion ;  then 
starting  to  enter  upon  my  duties  along  the  very  line 
of  the  canal  by  which  the  corpse  of  the  good  bishop 
had  been  brouglit  liome;  commencing  my  services 
in  tlie  very  town  where  his  labors  ended ;  preaching 
my  first  sermon  in  the  very  pulpit  in  which  his 
pleasant  voice  proclaimed,  for  the  last  time,  the 
precious  gospel  which  he  loved  to  publish, — all  these 
affecting  coincidences  crowded  upon  me  with  inex- 
pressible power.  My  heart's  desire  and  prayer  to 
God  were  that  I  njight  be  blessed  with  the  faithful 
and  affectionate  spirit  with  which  lie  served  Christ, 
and  honored  to  aid  in  sustaining  the  church  in  this 
diocese,  which  he  and  the  beloved  friend  and  brother 
with  whom  it  is  my  privilege,to  be  associated  had 
so  largely  contributed  to  revive  and  enlarge.  Ta 
share  in  the  confidence  and  affection  of  the  clergy 
and  laity  which  they  enjoyed,  to  carry  out  their 
wise  policy,  and  to  partake  of  their  success  and  re- 
ward, is  my  most  ardent  desire. 

"And  to  this  end  1  earnestly  entreat  the  prayers 
and  co-operation  of  my  brethren  in  the  ministry,  and 
of  the  good  people,  '  whose  servants  for  Christ's  sake 
we  are.'  " 


216  History  of  the 

The  following  report,  submitted  by  Mr.  Philip 
Williams,  and  as  subsequently  considered  and 
amended,  was  adopted. 

"The  committee  to  wliom  was  referred  so  much  of 
the  address  of  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Meade  as  re- 
lates to  the  propriety  of  requesting  some  legislative 
•enactment  in  relation  to  ]>roperty  given  or  bequeathed 
to  religious,  benevolent,  and  literary  institutions  was 
referred,  respectfully  report: 

"That  it  is  expedient  to  ask  the  legislature  to  pass 
some  law  authorizing  religious,  benevolent,  and  lit- 
erary institutions  to  take  property  which  may  be 
given  or  devised,  or  bequeathed  to  them;  and  that 
a  connnittee  of  nine,  with  power  to  increase  its 
numbers,  be  appointed  to  prepare  and  present  a 
memorial  to  the  General  Assembly  upon  the  sub- 
ject; and  that  this  committee  be  authorized  to 
solicit  the  co-operation  of  other  religious  denomina- 
tions in  the  way  best  calculated  to  secure  the  object 
proposed." 

Bishop  Meade  announ(;ed  the  following  named 
gentlemen  to  compose  the  said  committee:  Mr. 
Wm.  H.  Macfarland,  Genl.  Wm.  H.  Richardson, 
Genl.  James  W.  Pegram,  Mr.  Wm.  Williams,  Mr. 
Edmund  Fontaine,  Mr.  Randolph  Harrison,  Jr., 
Mr.  David  May,  Col.  Geo.  M.  Carrington,  and  Mr. 
James  Lyons. 

Mr.  Wm.  Williams,  from  the  committee  on  fi- 
nance, presented  a  statement  of  contributions  to  the 
contingent  fund : 

"  From  the  Monumental  Churcli,  Riclmiond,  $279." 


1 


Monumental  ("hurch.  217 

Rev.  Upton  Beall,  from  the  coiiiniittee  on  paro- 
chial reports,  presented  the  report  of  the  Mon- 
umental Church,  Richmond,  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood, 
rector:  Communicants,  total,  279;  contributions  to 
monument  to  Bishop  Moore,  $1,623;  and  for  other 
pm-poses  from  Monumental  Churcli,  §1,712.87,  mak- 
ing in  all,  $3,335.87. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland,  from  the  special  com- 
mittee, submitted  the  following: 

"The  conimittq.e  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
allowance  proper  for  the  bishops  of  the  diocese,  and 
the  mode  of  raising  the  necessary  funds,  respectfully 
report : 

"That  the  limited  funds  at  the  disposition  of  the 
convention  do  not  admit  of  the  provision  which,  if 
at  liberty  to  choose,  the  connnittee  would  regard  as 
proper  and  suited  to  the  exalted  stations  and  invalu- 
able services  of  the  bishops. 

"Their  compensation  ought  to  be  fixed  at  a  sum 
beyond  what  would  sutKce  to  meet  the  necessary  ex- 
penses of  themselves  and  families,  if  for  no  other 
reason,  because  their  conspicuous  position  in  the 
church  involves  expenditures  not  easily  estimated, 
nor  to  be  avoided.  But  unfortunately,  the  present 
resources  of  the  convention  create  a  necessity  for 
limiting  salaries  to  a  scale  of  economy  whicli  yields 
nothing  to  liberality,  if  it  be  not  too  rigid  to  be 
just.  The  committee  express  the  hope  that  a  better 
state  of  things  may  be  expected  from  the  growth 
of  the  church,  and  the  prevalence  of  stronger  feel- 
ings of  benevolence  and  charity  among  all  her  mem- 


218  History  of  the 

bers;  and  that  before  long,  all  wlio  minister  at  her 
altars,  bishop,  priest  and  deacon,  will  tind  the  peo- 
ple willing  as  they  are  able  adequately  to  provide 
for  them. 

"The  committee  recommend  that  the  salary  of 
Bishop  Meade  be  continued  at  one  thousand  dol- 
lars; and  the  salary  of  Bishop  Johns  be  fixed  at 
two  thousand  dollars. 

"In  limiting  the  salary  of  Bishop  Johns  at  that 
sum,  the  connuittee  was  controlled  by  the  considera- 
tion that  the  congregations  in  the  city  of  Kichmond 
may  be  relied  on  to  provide  him  with  a  house. 
That,  as  it  seemed  to  tlie  (;ommittee,  was  a  return 
which  might  be  expected  of  their  liberality  for  the 
large  share  of  his  ministrations  with  which  they  are 
favored." 

1  844. 

The  convention  met  in  L^^nchburg,  on  Wednes- 
day, the  15tli  of  May.  Bishop  Meade,  president; 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Miller,  secretary. 

Mr.  William  Williams  attended  as  the  lay  dele- 
gate from  the  Monumental  Church. 

In  the  list  of  parishes  contributing  to  the  conven- 
tion fund,  the  Monumental  Church  is  credited  with 
$300. 

Parochial  report  of  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  rector 
of  Monumental  Church,  Richmond:  Communicants, 
total,  298 ;  contributions  for  church  purposes,  total,. 
$1,988.57. 

In    addition,    $15,800    towards    the  new   church 


I 


Monumental  Church.  219' 

called  St.  PauFs,  now  in  course  of  erection  in   this 
cit}',  have  been  p^id  in  since  the  last  convention. 

Election  of  vestry  for  1844. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  pew-holders  of  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  held  in  the  lecture-room  of  said: 
church,  on  Easter  Monday,  April  8,  1844: 

On  motion,  Thomas  Nelson  was  requested  to  act 
as  cliairman,  and  Tliomas  H.  Ellis  as  secretary. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  George  I).  Fisher,  the  meeting 
proceeded  to  the  election  of  vestrymen  for  tlie  ensu- 
ing year,  wliereupon  the  following  named  gentlemen 
were  duly  elected  :  Dr.  Jolm  A.  Cunningham,  Wra. 
H.  Hubb'ard,  Dr.  Robert  AY.  Haxall,  Henry  W.  Mon- 
cure.  Dr.  James  Bolton, Thomas  Nelson, William  AVil- 
liams,  Charles  F.  Osborne,  David  AValker,  James 
Dunlop,  AVm.  H.  Macfarland,  James  B.  Macmurdo. 

On  motion  tlie  meeting  then  adjourned 

Thos.  Nelson,  Chairman. 

Thos.  H.  Ellis,  Secretary. 

1845. 

The  convention  met  in  Fredericksburg  Wednes- 
day, the  21st  of  May  ;  Bishop  Meade,  president, 
Mr.  Wm.  M.  Blackford,  secretary. 

Mr.  AVm.  AVilliMms  attended  as  the  lay  delegate- 
from  the  Monumental  Church. 

In  the  account  of  money  ]niid  to  the  contingent 
fund,  the  Monumeutid  Church  is  credited  with 
$287. 

Parochial   report  of  Monumental    Church,    Rich- 


220  History  of  the 

mond,  Rev.  Wm.  ISforwood,  Rector :   Ooininiinicants, 
total,  287;  contributions,  $1,742.08. 

The  new  church,  (St.  Paul's),  which  this  congre- 
gation have  been  engaged  in  erecting,  is  nearly  com- 
pleted, and  will  bo  ready  for  consecration  early  in 
the  fall. 

Absence  of  Rev.  Dr.  Norwood,  Seeking  Better 
Health. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Norwood  did  not  attend  the  two 
last  conventions  of  the  diocese,  in  consequence  of 
the  state  of  his  health.  From  this  cause  also,  and 
with  the  consent  and  request  of  the  vestry,  he  was 
often  absent  from  Richmond.  Hence  we  lind  in  the 
annual  reports  of  the  convention  frequent  mention 
made  of  ministerial  services  performed  by  Bishop 
Johns  at  the  Monumental  Cliurch. 

Missionary  Effort  and  Work  in  the  City. 
While  Dr.  James  Bolton  was  at  the  Theological 
Seminary,  preparing  for  the  ministry,  some  of  the 
young  men  of  the  Monumental  Chiu-ch  congregation, 
particularly  those  who  had  been  associated  with  him 
in  a  weekly  prayer  meeting  which  they  had  been  in 
the  habit  of  attending  after  so  large  a  number  joined 
the  church  in  1842,  determined  to  build  a  mission 
church,  to  be  ready  for  him  by  the  time  he  was  or- 
dained. This  was  the  origin  of  "  St.  Luke's  chapel," 
the  site  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  Clay  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  the  ground  and  build- 
ing thereon  having  been  sold  the  4th  of  Oct.,  1848^ 


Monumental  Church.  221 

$1,280.4:7  was  raised  by  a  subscription,  to  pay  for 
the  lot  and  l^uilding,  among;  eighty-seven  persons^ 
who  were  friendly  to  the  cause  of  making  it  a  free 
chapel;  $1,500  wei-e  l)orrowed  on  a  deed  of  trust 
upon  the  lot  and  building,  and  Mr.  Thos.  H.  Ellis 
advanced  on  the  subscription,  which  might  not  be 
depended  upon,  the  sum  of  $77.72,  making  the  en- 
tire cost  of  the  lot  and  building  $2,858.19.  The 
trustees  were  Dr.  Francis  B.  Deane,  Thos.  H.  Ellis, 
and  Ro.  R.  Duval. 

The  lot  was  70  feet  front  on  Clay  street,  running 
back  90  feet  on  Adams  street,  designated  as  lot  No. 
1,  in  the  plan  of  John  Rutherfoord,  dated  16tli  May, 
1815.  and  cost  $670.  The  building  was  contracted 
for  with  Mr.  Henry  Exall,  by  Mr.  Robert  Duval  for 
the  sum  of  $2,100,  and  the  residue  was  expended 
in  painting  the  front  enclosure,  stove  for  warming 
the  house,  insurance  and  recording  deeds. 

About  the  same  time  another  missionary  enter- 
prise was  started  in  the  direction  of  the  public 
armory  and  Tredegai-  iron  works,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Rev.  William  Duval. 

The  subscription  list  connected  with  his  support 
has  not  been  preserved;  but  the  first  fruit  of  his 
labors  was  the  establishment  of  the  Tredegar  free 
school,  which  he  placed  in  the  charge  of  Mrs. 
Susannah  W,  Burton.  It  continued  in  her  charge, 
and  was  most  successfully  Conducted  by  her  for 
several  years,  until  her  removal  from  the  city,  when 
it  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  Mrs.  Gates,  the  wife 
of  Mr.  James  E.  Gates,  under  whom,  as  superinten- 


222  History  of  the 

dent  and  teacher,  it  whs  kept  up  (aided  by  an  annual 
appropriation  from  the  commissioners  of  the  school 
fund  of  tlie  city)  until  abont  the  beginning  of  the  late 
civil  war. 

Mr.  Duval  designated  Josepli  R.  Anderson,  Etford 
B.  Bentley,  and  Thomas  H.  Ellis  as  the  trustees  for 
the  school;  and  these  gentlemen  appointed  Thomas 
H.  Ellis  as  their  treasurer. 

The  subscribers  for  the  tirst  year,  commencing 
October  15th,  1845,  were  thirty-eight  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  chieiiy  of  the  Episcopal  church,  from  one 
to  fifty  dollars  each,  and  amounted  to  $274,  and 
the  compensation  allowed  Mrs.  Burton  per  quarter 
was  $66.25,  equal  to  $265  per  annum. 

After  Mr.  Duval's  death,  a  monument  was  erected 
over  his  grave  in  the  city,  or  ''Shockoe  Hill,"  ceme- 
tery, bearing  this  inscription: 

In  memory  of 

REV.    WILLIAM    DUVAL, 

Born  May  3rd,  1822, 

Died  February  22nd,   1850. 

A  tribute  of  gratitude  and  affection  from  the  members  of  the 
public  guard,  artizaus,  and  others. 

To  one  whose  Ufa  was  gratuitously  devoted  to  their  tem^joral 
and  eternal  interests. 

"Give  me  a  place  to  preach  the  word  of  God  to  those  who 
have  it  not  is  all  I  ask,"  was  the  declaration  to  which  his  life  was 
responsive. 

"In  this  connection,  it  would  not  seem  to  be  just 
to  omit  some  special  mention  of  Miss  Margaret 
Harvie    Robinson,    whose    missionary   labors   were 


J 


Monumental  Church.  223 

scarcely  inferior  to  those  of"  the  Rev.  Mr.  DiivaL 
She  was  the  third  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Robinson, 
of  this  city,  (and  sister  of  Mrs.  R.  Barton  Haxall,) 
was  educated  by  that  very  admirable  lady.  Miss 
Margaret  Mercer,  of  Belmont,  Loudon  County,  Ya., 
and  died  unmarried,  on  the  2nd  of  July,  1857. 

"After  her  return  from  school,  she  devoted  her- 
self in  an  unusual  and  remarkable  degree  to  the  re- 
lief, comfort,  and  instruction  of  the  poor;  waiting 
upon  the  afflicted ;  strengthening  the  weak ;  succoring 
the  tempted;  guiding  the  ignorant  into  the  way  of 
knowledge,  and  daily  endeavoring,  according  to  her 
health  and  opportunities,  to  advance  the  interests  of 
Christ's  church  on  earth,  and  to  make  not  only  her 
own  family,  but  all  whom  her  influence  could  reach, 
members  of  His  blessed  family  in  heaven.  With 
Mr.  Duval,  she  was  a  zealous  co-laborer  in  behalf 
of  the  armory  mission ;  the  Tredegar  free  school ;  the 
distribution  of  Bibles  and  tracts;  the  temperance 
society ;  the  Union  Benevolent  Society,  and  the  Male 
Orphan  Asylum.  After  her  death  appropriate  tributes 
to  her  virtues  and  worth  appeared  in  all  the  news- 
papers of  the  cit}',  from  friends  who  had  knowledge 
of  her  self-denying  and  devoted  labors,  or  who  had 
reason  to  be  personally  grateful  for  her  liberal 
charities  and  untiring  efforts  in  the  cause  of  benevo- 
lence and  humanity. 

"Prior  to  the  efforts  made  for  the  establishment 
of  a  mission  church  under  Dr.  Bolton,  and  another 
under  Mr.  Duval,  an  enterprise  was  started  for  the 
purpose   of   securing    religious   instruction   for    the 


224 


History  of  the 


colored  population  of  the  city,  and  a  subscription  was 
gotten  up,  as  the  lirst  annual  one,  to  be  placed  in 
the  hands  of  the  Rev.  Richard  H.  Wilmer,  aniount- 
iiig  to  $260,  of  $10  each,  among  twenty-six  names." 

Names  of  the  several  ministers  and  assistant  minis- 
ters of  the  Monumental  Church,  conniiencing  with  its 
consecration  in  1814: 

May  6,  Right  Rev.  Richard  Chamiing  Moore,  D. 
D.,  was  elected  bishop  by  the  convention  of  the 
diocese  of  Virginia,  on  the  Stli  of  May,  1814,  and 
rector  of  the  Monumental  Church,  by  the  vestry  of 
the  same,  on  6th  May,  1814 

Rev.  Jolm  Buchanan,  assistant  minister  in  same 
church  up  to  18th  Deceml>er,  1822,  when  he  died. 

1830,  Rev.  Robert  B.  Croes,  assistant  rector  since 
the  death  of  Dr.  Buchanan,  when  he  resigned. 

1832,  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  assistant  rector  since 
the  resignation  of  Mr.  Croes,  and  resigned  from  bad 
health. 

1834,  Rev.  Mr.  H.  Nicholas,  assistant  rector  since 
the  resignation  of  Mr.  Polk,  and  resigned  in  conse- 
quence of  his  mind  being  unbalanced. 

1836,  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson,  assistant  rector  since 
the  resignation  of  Mr.  Nicholas,  and  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health. 

1841,  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood,  assistant  rector  to  this 
time,  since  the  resignation  of  Mr.  eTackson,  and  upon 


Monumental  Church.  225' 

the  death  of  Bishop  Moore,  in  November  of  this 
year,  he  became  full  rector  to  1st  of  December,  1845, 
a  period  of  about  ten  j^ears  as  assistant  and  full 
rector,  when  he  resigned,  and  was  elected  rector  of 
the  new  church  called  St.  Paul's,  standing  on  the 
corner  of  Grace  and  Ninth  streets. 

Rev.  Nicholas  P.  Tillinghast,  a  graduate  of  the 
Theological  Seminar}'  of  Virginia  in  1842,  ordained 
a  deacon  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bisliop  Grisvvold  at 
Alexandria,  Va.,  in  October,  1842,  "as  he  was  from 
the  eastern  diocese,"  admitted  to  the  priestliood  by 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Johns,  July  7,  1843,  in  St. 
James  church,  Richmond;  rector  of  Trinity  church, 
Society  Hill,  South  Carolina,  in  1844 ;  afterwards, 
and  for  some  years,  rector  of  St.  John's  church, 
Georgetown,  J).  C,  now  or  lately  residing  in  Phila- 
delphia. 


In  bringing  this  fii-st  part  of  the  History  of  the 
Monumental  Church  (embracing  a  period  of  thirty- 
one  years)  to  a  close,  I  would  be  wanting  in  a  very 
pleasant  duty,  if  I  failed  to  bestow  upon  my  friend. 
Col.  Thos.  H.  Ellis,  due  praise,  as  well  as  sincere 
thanks,  for  the  material  lie  has  gathered  so  faithfully, 
and  so  well  arranged  in  his  compilation  of  this 
period  of  the  church's  history.  With  the  exception 
of  an  occasional  note,  while  copying  liis  interesting 
and  handsome  autographical  journal,  (prepared   at 


226 


History  of  the 


the    request  of    the    vestry  of    St.  Paul's    Church, 

Richmond,  in  1868,)  I  have  endeavored  to  follow  his 

record  with  strict  adherence,  and  only  left  out  some 

details  in  regard  to  the  deeds  for  the  church  ground, 

rules  and  regulations,  with  many  names  of  children 

connected  with  the   first  Sunday-school.     If  I  can 

succeed  in  imparting  to  the  second  part  of  my  book 

half  the  interest  which  the  first  has  afforded  me,  I 

shall  feel  well  rewarded  for  the  effort  made  to  give 

all  my  readers  a  book  which  will  edify   as  well  as 

afford  them  useful  information  connected  with  the 

dear  old  church. 

G.  D.  F. 


REV.    GEORGE    WOODBRIDGE,    D.    D. 


Monumental  Chuech.  227 


MEMORAISDA 

From  the  New  Record  Book  of  the  Vestry  of  the 
Monumental  Church. 

In  the  month  of  October,  1845,  it  was  ascertained 
that  the  bulk  of  the  congregation  worshipping  in 
Monumental  Church  of  Richmond  would  move 
into  the  new  church,  then  nearly  completed,  (called 
St.  PauFs,  to  be  under  the  rectorship  of  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Norwood,)  on  the  first  of  December  following, 
and  at  that  time  he  would  resign  as  rector  of  the 
Monumental  Church. 

Under  these  circumstances,  a  few  individuals  who 
preferred  remaining  at  the  Monumental  Church, 
proposed  to  and  invited  the  congregation,  with  their 
rector,  the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  of  Christ 
Church  in  the  valley,  in  this  city,  to  come  up  and 
form  anew  the  congregation  in  the  Monumental 
Church,  on  and  after  the  first  Sunday  in  December, 
1845. 

Two  motives  chiefly  actuated  these  few  individuals 
to  give  the  invitation  to  the  congregation  and  rector 
of  Christ  Church:  One  was  the  desire  to  keep  up 
this  old  church,  sacred  to  the  feelings  of  those  who 
had  worshipped  in  it  from  their  infancy;  and  the 
other  more  efiectually  to  build  up  a  congregation 
that  would  enable  the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge  to 
extend  his  valuable  labors  in  the  ministry. 


228  History  of  the 

The  location  of  Christ  Church  was  such  that  his 
congregatiou  there  could  not  he  expected  to  increase, 
at  least  until  the  city  of  Richmond  should  double 
itself  in  population. 

For  these  reasons  the  proposition  was  made;  and 
the  following  is  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
vestry  of  Christ  Church,  in  reply  to  the  invitation 
thus  given ; 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry  of  Christ  Church, 
Richmond,  on  the  3rd  of  October,  1845,  a  com- 
munication from  the  following  persons,  to  wit : 
George  D.  Fisher,  Jaquelin  B.  Harvie,  John  Adams 
Smith,  Ro.  Gwathmey,  Chapman  Johnson,  Ro.  W. 
Haxall,  Joseph  Allen,  James  H.  Gardner,  Adol- 
phus  W.  Nolting,  William  Beers,  Ro.  H.  Cabell,  and 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  Wickham,  was  read,  expressing 
their  desire  to  remain  members  of  the  Monumental 
Church  congregation,  if  the  rector  and  congregation 
of  Christ  Church  would  unite  with  them. 

"It  was  moved  and  seconded,  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  to  ascertain  the  feelings  and  views  of  the 
rector  and  congregation  of  Christ  Church,  and  report 
to  a  meeting  of  the  vestry,  to  be  held  on  the  7tli 
instant. 

"  Pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  foregoing  resolution,  the  vestr}"  of  Christ  Church 
convened  on  the  Yth  of  October,  1845. 

"  The  committee  appointed  to  ascertain  and  report 
the  feelings  and  views  of  the  rector  and  congrega- 
tion of  Christ  Church,  in  relation  to  the  communi- 
cation from  certain  members  of  the  congregation  of 


Monumental  Church.  229 

the  Monumental  Cliurch,  proposing  that  they  should 
unite,  after  the  removal  of  the  Inilk  of  the  congre- 
gation of  the  latter  to  St.  Paul's  Church,  and  to- 
o-ether  form  one  conirreo-ation  in  the  Monumental 
Church,  reported,  that  they  found  an  almost  unani- 
mous sentiment  in  favor  of  the  proposition  ;  wliere- 
upon  it  was — 

'"'•  Resolved,  That  the  rector,  vestry,  and  congrega- 
tion of  Christ  Church  cheerfully  accept  the  invita- 
tion aforesaid  from  Messrs.  Geo.  D.  Fisher,  Jaque- 
lin  B.  Harvie,  and  others,  members  of  the  Monu- 
mental Church  congregation." 

On  motion,  a  committee  was  appointed,  consisting 
of  Messrs.  John  H.  Tyler,  Francis  H.  Deane,  Joseph 
Gill,  and  John  L.  Bacon,  to  communicate  the  fore- 
going resolution  of  acceptance  to  Messrs.  Fisher, 
Harvie,  and  their  associates. 

In  conformity  with  this  action,  the  congregation 
in  the  Monumental  Church  was  formed  anew,  on  the 
first  Sunday  in  December,  1845,  under  tlie  rector- 
ship of  the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge ;  and  a  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  vestry  and  pew  holders  of 
the  said  congregation,  on  and  after  the  4:th  day  of 
December,  1845,  as  well  as  the  proceedings  of  the 
former  vestry  on  that  day,  is  to  be  found  in  the  new 
vestry's  record-book,  commencing  with  same  date. 

Geo.  D.  Fisheb, 
Secretary  of  New  Vestry  ^formed  Mh  Dec,  1845. 


230  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

Meeting  of  former  Vestky  of  Monumental  Church. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Monumental  Church  vestry, 
held  on  Thursday,  the  4th  day  of  December,  1845, 
present,  Chas.  F.  Osborne,  John  A.  Cunningham, 
Wm.  H.  Hubbard,  Thos.  H.  Ellis,  Ro.  W.  Haxall, 
James  B.  Macmurdo,  James  Dunlop,  and  Wra.  Wil- 
liams. 

Mr.  Osborne  was  requested  to  act  as  chairman, 
and  Mr.  Williams  as  secvetary ,  p7'o  tern. 

A  letter,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy,  was 
presented  and  read  : 

Richmond,  December  4,  1845. 
To    the    Wardens   and  Yestry  of  the   Monumental 

Church  : 

Gentlemen, — We,  the  undersigned,  desirous  of 
having  worship  continued  in  the  Monumental 
Church,  and  in  order  to  secure  this  object,  feel  that 
it  is  important  that  we  should  have  the  disposal  of 
the  pews  in  said  church,  and  the  general  arrangement 
of  its  affairs  under  our  control,  propose  to  you, 
and  jointly  and  severally  bind  ourselves,  to  hand  to 
your  treasurer,  Mr.  Wra.  H.  Hubbard,  in  ten  days 
from  this  date,  endorsed  negotiable  notes,  sucli  as 
shall  be  acceptable  to  him,  payable  at  sixty  and  one 
hundred  and  twenty  days,  to  the  amount  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  in  order  to  enable  him  to  pay  the 
debts  of  the  church  now  due. 

"  We  likewise  request  that  a  sufficient  number  of 
your  body,  who  are  about  uniting  themselves  with 
St.  Paul's  church,  will  allow  their  places  in  the  vestry 


Monumental  Church.  231 

of  the  Monumental  Church  to  be  filled  by  such  per- 
sons as  you  may  select. 

[Signed,']  Fkancis  H.  Deane, 

James  H.  Poindexter^ 
Ro.  R.  Duval, 
James  M.  Sublett, 
James  H.  Gardner, 
Geo.  D.  Fisher, 
John  L.  Bacon, 
Adolphus  W.  Nolting, 
William  Beers, 
John  Adams  Smith." 

Whereupon,  on  motion  made  and  seconded,  it  wa;s 
unanimously  resolved  that  the  proposition  now  read 
be  accepted,  and  that  the  obligation  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  tlie  treasurer,  and  he  be  instructed,  with 
the  means  to  be  thereby  placed  in  his  hands,  and  the 
money  which  he  may  collect  from  rents  of  pews  due, 
to  pay  the  late  rector,  sexton,  and  organist,  and  such 
other  debts  as  in  his  opinion  are  justly  due. 

"  Resolved,  Tliat  the  order  made  at  last  meeting 
of  the  vestry  for  the  sale  of  the  pews  in  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  rescinded." 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland,  as  a 
warden  and  vestryman  of  this  church,  was  then 
handed  in,  read,  and  accepted. 

Mr.  James  H.  Gardner  was  nominated  as  a  vestry- 
man, to  supply  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death 
of  Mr.  David  Walker,  and  elected. 


232 


History  of  the 


Mr.  John  L.  Bacon  was  elected  as  a  vestryman, 
in  the  phice  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland,  resigned  ; 
and  both  being  introduced,  and  having  signed  the 
form  required  by  the  tenth  canon,  they  took  their 
seats  in  the  vestry. 

JJr.  John  A.  Cunningham  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion, which  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  James  H.  Poin- 
dexter  was  duly  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy ;  and 
having  signed  the  required  form,  took  his  seat  in  the 
vestry. 

Mr.  Thomas  H.  Ellis  tendered  his  resignation, 
which  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher  was 
elected  in  his  place,  and  he  being  introduced,  and 
having  signed  the  required  form,  took  his  seat  in  the 
vestry. 

Mr.  Wm.  "H.  Hubbard  tendered  his  resignation, 

which  was  accepted,  and  Dr.  Francis  H.  Deane  was 

•elected  in  his  place,  and  he  being  introduced,  and 

having  signed  the  required  form,  took  his  seat  in  the 

vestry. 

Mr.  James  Dunlop  tendered  his  resignation,  which 
-was  accepted,  and  Mr.  John  H.  Tyler  was  duly 
elected  in  his  place. 

Mr.  James  B.  Macmurdo  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion, which  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  George  N.  John- 
son was  elected  in  his  place. 

Mr.  Chas.  F.  Osborne,  having  called  Dr.  F.  H. 
Deane  to  the  chair,  tendered  his  resignation,  which 
was  accepted,  and  Mr.  Jno.  Adams  Smith  was  elected 
in  his  place. 

Mr.  Wm.  Williams,  having  requested  Mr.   Geo. 


Monumental  Church.  233 

D.  Fisher  to  take  bis  place  as  secretary  j!?7'0  tem.^ 
tendered  his  resignation,  which  was  accepted,  and 
Mr.  Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr.  was  elected  in  his  place. 

Teste  :   {^S'lgned^  Chas.  F.  Osborne, 

Francis  H.  Deane, 
William  Williams, 
Geo.  D.  Fisher. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting,  to  wit:  Saturday,  De- 
cember 13th,  1845,  Mr.  Gardner  presented  the 
written  i-esignation  of  Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  as  a 
vestryman  of  this  church,  which  was  accepted,  and 
Mr.  James  Milnor  Baker  was  duly  elected  to  sup- 
ply the  vacancy  thereby  created.  And  at  another 
meeting,  to  wit:  Saturday,  January  17th,  1846,  the 
resignation  of  Mr.  Henry  W.  Moncure,  as  a  warden 
and  vestryman  of  this  chnrch,  was  handed  in  and  ac- 
cepted, and  Mr,  Benjamin  L.  Meade  was  duly 
elected  in  his  place. 

Teste  :  Geo.  D.  Fisher,  Secretary. 

Names  of  the  new  vestrymen  and  wardens,  from 
the  4th  December,  1845,  when  tlie  reorganization 
of  the  Monumental  Church  took  place,  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge. 

Mr.  James  H.  Gardner,  Senior  Warden. 
Mr.  John  Adams  Smith,  Junior  Warden. 
Mr.  George  D.  Fisher,  Sec'y  or  Register. 
Mr.  James  M.  Baker,  Treasurer. 
Mr.  James  H.  Poindexter. 


234  History  of  the 

De.  Francis  H.  Deane. 
Mr.  John  H.  Tyler. 
Mr.  George  N.  Johnson. 
Mr.  Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr. 
Mr.  Jno.  L.  Bacon. 
Mr.  Benj.  L.  Meade. 

On  the  same  day  (4th  December,  1845,)  a  meet- 
ing of  the  new  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church 
was  lield  at  the  Farmers  Bank  of  Virginia,  when 
Dr.  F.  H.  Deane  was  called  to  the  cliair,  and 
George  D.  Fisher,  as  secretary. 

At  this  meeting  Mr.  Gardner  was  appointed 
senior  warden,  and  Mr.  John  Adams  Smith  junior 
warden;  Mr.  James  M.  Baker,  treasurer  and  collec- 
tor of  pew  rents;  Mr.  Geo.  D.  Fisher,  as  secretary. 
Mr.  Wra.  Daniel,  a  young  Englishman,  was  chosen 
organist,  at  a  salary  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
per  annum,  and  a  colored  sexton,  (slave)  named 
Cornelius,  for  one  liundred  dollars,  and  another 
colored  man,  named  Lambert  Johnston,  to  blow  the 
organ  for  sixteen  dollars  a  year.  Our  rector's  salaiy 
commenced  at  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

A  committee  of  two,  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane  and  Geo. 
D.  Fisher,  was  appointed  to  wait  upon  the  Kev. 
George  Woodbridge,  and  inform  him  of  the  vestry 
proceedings  thus  far,  and  to  request  him  to  open  the 
church  the  following  Sunday  with  divine  service, 
and  preach. 

Accordingly  (although  the  walking  was  very  bad, 
owing  to  a  heavy  snow  melting,  which  had  fallen  a 


Monumental  Chukoh.  235 

day  or  two  before)  a  respectable  congregation  in 
number  attended,  and  all  much  interested  in  the  suc- 
cess of  our  new  minister,  and  the  work  which  lay  be- 
fore us  in  sustaining  his  hands,  and  building  anew  a 
congregation  for  the  cliurch  we  lov^ed,  and  also  soon 
to  repair  and  make  more  comfortal)le  to  worship  in. 

The  text  selected  on  the  occasion,  (the  7th  Dec, 
1845),  in  the  morning,  and  preached  from  by  Mr. 
Woodbridge,  was  James  i,  22-25  verses :  "  But  be 
ye  doers  of  the  word,  and  not  hearers  only,  deceiv- 
ing your  own  selves.  For  if  any  be  a  hearer  of  the 
word,  and  not  a  doer,  he  is  like  unto  a  man  behold- 
ing his  natural  face  in  a  glass  ;  for  he  beholdeth 
himself,  and  goeth  his  way,  and  straightway  forget- 
eth  what  manner  of  man  he  was.  But  whoso 
looketh  into  the  perfect  law  of  liberty,  and  con- 
tinueth  therein,  he  being  not  a  forgetful  hearer,  but 
a  doer  of  the  work,  this  man  shall  be  blessed  in  Ills 
deed." 

The  holy  communion  was  also  administered  in  the 
morning.  In  the  evening  Mr.  Woodbridge,  (in  his 
private  record  of  services  and  sermons),  says:  ''Mr. 
McCabe  preached  upon  tlie  -fGtli  Psalm,  (commenc- 
ing with  '  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very 
present  help  in  trouble,'  1st  verse;  ana  7th  verse: 
'The  Lord  of  liosts  is  witli  us;  the  God  of  Jacob  is 
our  refuge."' 

At  the  meeting  of  the  vestry  on  the  Irth  December, 
1845,  a  committee,  composed  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane, 
James  H.  Gardner,  and  Rol)ert  R.  Duval,  was  ap- 
pointed to  dispose  of  sucli  pews  as  are  not  now  sold,. 


236  History  of  the 

and  to  lay  such  assessment  on  all  the  pews  as  will 
be  necessary  to  defray  the  annual  expenses  of  the 
church. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting,  on  the  13th,  tlie  com- 
mittee reported,  that  they  had  been  unable  to  fix 
upon  any  assessment;  it  was  therefore  moved  and 

'-''Resolved^  That  the  rate  be  ten  per  cent,  on  the 
the  original  purchase  money  which  the  pews  sold 
for  when  the  church  -wasjirst  ready  for  worship, 
payable  quarterly  in  advance. 

This  was  the  best  course  tlie  vestry  could  adopt  in 
its  new  condition,  and  trusted  to  the  future  increase 
of  pew-renters  to  levy  an  assessment  of  more  uni- 
formity, and  commensurate  with  the  location  of  the 
pews,  as  well  as  the  means  or  ability  of  the  pew- 
renters.  The  subject  was  quite  a  ditiicult  one  for 
the  vestry  to  settle,  and  satisfy  all  who  rented  pews. 

Sale  of  Pews. 

It  having  been  assented  to  by  the  gentlemen  of 
the  former  congregation  that  the  new  vestry  should 
make  sale  of  the  pews  which  had  become  confiscated 
for  non-payment  of  rents,  the  same  committee  of 
gentlemen  proceeded,  on  the  19th  December,  1845, 
to  sell  the  pews  at  public  auction,  and  the  following 
was  the  result  of  the  sale,  which  took  place  in  the 
church,  viz  : 

No.  10,  Bought  by  Jolm  H.  Tyler,        for    $50  00 
"     11,  "     *    Joseph  Gill,  "        35  00 

"    28,  "         Jas.  H.  Gardner,      "        50  00 


Monumental  Church. 


23T 


31,  Bought  by  Moses  Branch,  for 

32,  "  J.  H.  Anthony,  " 
48,  "  C.  A.  Colquitt,  " 

53,  "  Ro.  R.  Duval,  " 

54,  "  Robert  Nimmo,  " 

62,  "  John  T.  Sublett,  " 
78,  ''  James  A.  Snell,  " 
81,  "  Jas.  H.  Poindexter,  " 
83,  "  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane,  " 

86,  "  A.  W.  Nolting,  " 

63,  "  Philip  Rahm,  " 

87,  "  James  M.  Baker,  " 
57,  "  Henry  Fisher,  " 
45,  "  Chas.  G.  Thompson, " 
47,  "  Lewis  E.  Harvie,  " 
92,  "  E.  H.  Taliaferro,  '' 


Lettered  Pews. 
A,  Bought  by  Miss  Camilla  Harris, 


foi 


B, 

F, 
H, 


Geo.  N.  Johnson, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Brooks, 
Joseph  Allen, 
James  M.  Sublett, 
Millisan  Snell, 
Holden  Rhodes, 


$35 

00 

35 

00' 

30 

00 

30 

00 

30 

00 

20 

00 

25 

00 

31 

00 

30 

00 

30 

00 

20 

00 

25- 

00 

25 

00 

20 

00 

30 

00 

20 

00 

$50 

00 

50 

00 

50 

00 

30 

00 

30 

00 

30 

00 

30 

00 

The  lettered  pews  were  made  from  the  aisles 
which  ran  east  and  west  when  the  church  was  iirst 
used,  and  when  the  congregation  increased  were 
closed  to  make  more  room  for  pews,  and  had  to  be 
lettered  instead  of  beino-  numbered. 


238  History  of  the 

Pew  No.  12  was  appi'opriated  by  the  vestrj  to  the 
use  of  the  ministei'''s  family,  and  so  was  No.  20  to 
the  use  of  Bishop  Johns'  family,  as  long  as  the 
vestry  could  control  them,  and  of  course  were  free 
of  rent. 

At  the  same  meeting  of  the  vestr}^,  Messrs.  James 
H.  Gardner  and  George  D.  Fisher  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  repair  the  church  as  soon  as  possible, 
so  as  to  prevent  the  rain  and  cold  winds  from 
searching  through  tlic  roof  and  windows. 

Some  two  years  before  that  time,  the  plan  of 
building  the  new  church  (St.  Paul's)  was  determined 
upon,  and  in  consequence  of  it  the  repairs  to  the 
Monumental  Church  were  sadly  neglected. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry,  held  at  the  residence 
of  Mr.  James  H.  Gardner,  on  Saturday  evening,  the 
17th  of  January,  1846,  it  was  ordered  that  the  treas- 
urer do  apply  the  sum  of  live  hundred  dollars  from 
the  sale  of  pews  towards  tlie  payment  of  the  $1,000 
which  ten  gentlemen  of  the  congregation  had  as- 
sumed, in  order  to  become  possessed  of  the  rights 
and  privileges  of  the  church  when  the  former  vestry 
and  congregation  were  dissolved  and  went  to  St. 
Paul's  church.     And  it  was  also 

^'■Resolved,  That  the  report  of  the  former  treasurer, 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard,  be  received  and  tiled. 

"It  was  also  Resolved,  that  the  committee  autho- 
rized to  make  sale  of  the  pews  shall  have  full  autho- 
rity to  convey  the  title  of  said  pews  to  the  respective 
purchasers." 

At  this    meeting  it  was    also    determined,    until 


Monumental  Church.  239 

■otherwise  directed,  that  the  eastern  gallery  shall  be 
appropriated  to  the  use  of  colored  persons  attending 
service. 

Ratification  by  Pew  Owners,  &c. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  pew  owners  and 
renters,  held  in  the  Sunday-school  room,  on  Monday, 
the  11th  of  May,  1846,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Wm.  Beers, 
the  former  vestry  and  wardens  were  duly  elected 
for  the  present  year.  And  the  same  meeting  rati- 
fied all  the  proceedings  of  the  vestry  in  regard  to 
the  sale  of  the  pews,  as  well  as  the  renting  out  those 
belonging  to  the  church. 

Immediately  after  the  adjournment  of  the  pew 
holders,  the  vestry  convened,  and  elected  Mr.  John 
Adains  Smith,  as  delegate  from  the  Monumental 
Church,  to  the  annual  convention  of  the  diocese,  to 
be  held  in  Petersburg,  on  Wednesday,  20th  May, 
1846. 

Teste:  Geo.  D.  Fisher, 

Secretary  to  hoth  meetings. 

PAROCHIAL  REPORTS  TO  CONVENTIONS, 

WITH  A  synopsis  OF  VESTRY  MEETINGS  OF  MONU- 
MENTAL CHURCH. 
1  846. 

Convention  ]net  in  St.  Paul's  church,  Petersburg, 
on  Wednesday,  May  20th. 

Right  Rev.  Bishop  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  and 
Wm.  M.  Blackford,  of  Lynchburg,  secretary. 


240  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

Report  of  Monumental  Churcli,  Richmond, — Rev. 
George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr.  John  Adams 
Smith,  lay  delegate,  each  present  on  opening  of  the 
convention. 

On  the  first  of  last  December,  the  late  congrega- 
tion of  Christ  Chnrch  united  with  a  few  families  who 
remained  in  the  Monumental  Church,  removed 
thither,  and  formed  the  present  congregation  of  the 
Monumental  Church. 

The  number  of  communicants  last  reported  from 
Christ  Church  was  1 1 1,  of  whom  three  have  since  been 
admitted  to  holy  orders.  These,  with  the  exception  of 
eight,  wlio  either  liave  attached,  or  intend  to  attach 
themselves  to  St.  John's  churcli,  were  joined  by  thirty- 
two  from  the  late  Monumental  Church,  m.aking  140, 
of  whom  one  is  colored.  Contributions,  total, 
$517.29. 

The  rector  has  three  Bible  classes,  which,  together 
with  the  Sunday-school  and  weekly  lectures,  have 
been  well  attended,  and  it  is  believed  have  been  pro- 
ductive of  much  good.  There  is  also  a  colored  Sun- 
day-school attached  to  the  church. 

George  Woodbridge,  Rector. 

The  vestry  held  its  first  annual  fiscal  meeting  since 
its  new  organization,  on  Friday  evening.  4th  of  De- 
cember, 1846,  in  the  Sunday-school-room  ;  and  after 
receiving  the  report  of  the  treasurer,  the  secretary 
W'as  requested  to  return  the  thanks  of  the  vestry  and 
congregation  to  the  family  of  the  late  Col.  John 
Ambler,  for  the  silver  bowl  or  baptismal  basin  pre- 


Monumental  Church.  241 

sented  by  him  to  the  Monumental  chnrch,  and  the 
inscription  which  was  desired  to  be  engi-uved  on  same 
has  accordingly  been  done. 

18  4:7. 

The  convention  met  in  Christ  chnrch,  Winches- 
ter, on  Wednesday,  May,  19th.  Kiglit  Eev.  Wil- 
liam Meade,  D.  I).,  bishop  of  the  diocese,  and  Right 
Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  present,, 
with  Mr.  Wm.  M.  Blackford,  as  secretary. 

Parochial  report  of  Monnniental  Churcii,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
George  Nicolson  Johnson,  lay  delegate — neither 
present:  Commnnicants,  141;  convention  fnnd, $143; 
benevolent  purposes  connected  with  the  chnrch, 
$200;  total,  $630. 

The  vestry  held  a  meeting  on  26th  April  of  this 
fiscal  year,  ending  1st  December,  1847,  and  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Geo.  X.  Johnson  as  lay  delegate  to  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of  the  diocese,  to 
be  held  in  Winchester  on  the  19th  of  May  next. 
At  this  meeting  also,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
purchase  the  remaining  shares  of  the  organ  stock, 
and  another  committee  to  ascertain  the  cost  of  cer- 
tain repairs  necessary  to  be  made  to  tlie  church.  At 
this  meeting  also,  the  letter  of  resignation  as  organ- 
ist, of  Mr.  Wm.  Daniell,  was  read  and  accepted. 

18  48. 
The  convention  met  in  Christ  churcli,  ^Norfolk,  on 
Wednesday,  May  17th :    Present,  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
16 


^4:2. 


History  of  the 


liam  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev.  John 
Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  and  Mr.  Win.  M. 
Blackford,  secretary. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Ricli- 
mond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John  Adams  Smith,  lay  delegate  from  same,  both 
present:  Communicants,  149;  contributions:  bene- 
volent objects  connected  with  the  church,  $767.15. 
Contributions  towards  repairs  to  church  about 
$1,000 ;  making  in  all  the  sum  of  $1,767.15. 

The  vestry  held  four  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year,  ending  1st  December,  1848,  viz :  on  Wednes- 
day, 8th  December,  1847,  when  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  have  the  outside  of  the  church  painted 
in  addition  to  the  repairs  and  painting  and  altera- 
tions of  the  inside  as  originally  determined  upon ; 
and  on  which  the  committee  reported  a  balance  of 
$203.85  now  due,  and  promised  to  be  paid  by  the 
first  of  January,  1848.  The  next  meeting  was  held 
on  the  5th  of  January,  1848,  when  a  report  of  the 
details  for  repairs  of  the  church  was  proposed  should 
be  made  in  the  next  two  weeks,  in  order  to  appro- 
priate the  sums  collected  to  respective  amounts  due. 
A  communication  from  St.  Luke's  chapel  was  also 
read,  asking  aid  of  the  vestry  and  congregation  of 
the  Monumental  Church,  but  which  had  to  be  de- 
clined at  that  time.  The  next  meeting  was  held  on 
Wednesday,  19th  of  January,  1848,  when  the  report 
•of  the  committee  on  repairs  was  presented  and 
adopted.  At  this  meeting  the  rector's  salary  was 
raised  to  $1,500  a  year.     And  it  was  also  agreed 


Monumental  Chukch.  243 

that  a  collection  to  defray  the  contingent  expenses 
of  tlie  church  should  be  taken  up  on  the  third  Sun- 
day of  each  month.  The  next  meeting  was  held  on 
Thursday,  the  27th  April,  1848,  when  Mr.  John 
Adam  Smith  was  chosen  the  lay  delegate  to  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  convention,  to  be  held  in  Nor- 
folk, on  the  third  Wednesday  in  May  next. 

1849. 

The  convention  met  in  Christ  church,  Charlottes- 
ville, on  Wednesday,  May  16.  Present,  Right  Rev. 
Wm.  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev.  John 
Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  with  W.  M.  Black- 
ford, Esq.,  as  secretary. 

Parocliial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
George  D.  Fisher,  lay  delegate  from  same,  and  both 
present.  Communicants,  153  ;  contributions  for  the 
different  institutions  of  the  church,  $510;  besides 
which  the  cona^reffation  has  contributed  towards  the 
repairs  of  the  church,  principally  through  the  exer- 
tions of  the  ladies,  $1,000. 

Two  meetings  of  the  vestry  were  held  during  this 
fiscal  3^ear,  viz:  the  first  on  the  11th  of  January, 
1849,  when  the  committee  on  the  extensive  repairs 
and  alterations  inside  and  about  the  chancel  of  the 
church,  as  well  as  the  painting  of  the  outside 
with  three  coats  of  the  best  paint,  including  a 
new  Bible,  prayer  books,  and  marble  baptismal  font, 
made  a  detailed  report,  and  exhibiting  the  entire 
cost  to  amount  to  the  sum  of  $2,884.99,  all  of  which 


244:  History  of  the 

had  been  paid  except  $706.97.  And  this  bahmce 
was  soon  discharged  by  an  advance  from  three  mem  ■ 
bers  of  the  vestry.      * 

The  repairs  were  commenced  on  the  23rd  of  Feb- 
ruary, and  finished  on  the  12th  of  October,  1848. 
In  February,  painting  the  outside  of  the  building 
was  done,  and  in  July,  the  inside  was  commenced, 
when  the  church  was  closed  for  tlic  summer.  At 
tl^is  meeting  resolutions  of  thanks  to  the  ladies  of 
the  sewing  society  connected  with  the  church  were 
also  adopted,  and  the  register  of  the  vestry  requested 
to  convey  the  same  by  letter  to  Mrs.  Woodbridge, 
president,  for  the  liberal  amount  raised  by  two  fairs 
held  in  May  and  December,  amounting  together  to 
$1,048.84;  say  in  May,  $210.20,  and  December, 
$838.64,  all  of  which  aided  the  vestry  most  mate- 
rially. 

The  second  meeting  of  that  year  was  held  on  the 
6th  of  May,  when  Mr.  Geo.  D.  Fisher  was  appointed 
the  lay  delegate  from  the  Monumental  Church  to 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of  the  diocese, 
to  be  held  in  Charlottesville,  on  the  16th  of  May, 
and  Mr.  Geo.  N.  Johnson  was  chosen  as  the  alter- 
nate, 

1850. 

The  convention  met  in  Alexandria,  on  Wednes- 
day^, 16th  of  May,  in  St.  Paul's  church.  Present : 
Right  Kev.  Wm.  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right 
Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  with 
Tazwell  Taylor,  Esq.,  of  Norfolk,  as  the  secretary, 
yro  tern. 


J 


INIONUMENTAL  ChURCH.  245 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  Geo.  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
Geo.  D.  Fisher,  lay  delegate  from  same  Mr. 
■Woodbridge  did  not  attend  the  meeting  of  the  con- 
vention on  that  occasion.  Communicants,  151. 
Amount  collected  for  the  different  institutions  of 
the  church,  about  $770.78. 

The  vestry  held  four  meetings  during  the  fiscal 
jear,  ending  with  November,  1850.  viz:  One  on  10th 
December,  18-49,  when  the  annual  report  of  the 
treasurer  was  handed  in  and  duly  received.  A  resolu- 
tion was  also  passed  instructing  the  treasurer  to  re- 
fund to  the  reverend  rector  the  sum  of  forty  dollars, 
which  he  had  paid  to  Mr.  Upjohn,  the  architect  in 
New  York,  for  furnishing  a  plan  for  certain  altera- 
tions about  the  pulpit   and   chancel  of  the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  2nd  of  Janu- 
ary, 1850,  when  a  resolution  was  adopted,  that  it  was 
expedient  for  tlie  church  to  Imve  a  new  organ,  and 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  procure  one. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  1st  of  May, 
when  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon  was  duly  appointed  the 
lay  delegate  from  the  Monumental  Church  to  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of  the  diocese  uf 
Virginia,  to  be  held  in  Alexandria,  on  the  15th  in- 
stant, and  Messrs.  C.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr.,  and  George 
T>.  Fisher,  were  appointed  as  alternates. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  22nd  August,  when 
the  committee  appointed  in  January  to  purchase  a 
new  organ  made  their  report  of  the  contract  entered 


246 


History  of  the 


into  with  Mr.  Henry  Erbin,  of  New  York,  to  build 
an  organ  for  the  Monumental  Church,  at  a  round 
sum  of  three  thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  and 
towards  payment,  the  old  was  to  be  taken  l^y  Mr. 
Erbin,  at  the  price  of  three  hundred  dollars.  $1,500 
was  required  to  be  paid  on  the  completing  and  put- 
ting the  organ  in  the  church,  and  the  residue  upon 
a  credit  of  six,  nine  and  twelve  months  of  equal 
amounts.  Mr.  Erbin,  afterwards  made  a  liberal  dis- 
count, and  all  the  money  was  raised  and  paid  to  him 
in  August,  before  he  retm-ned  to  New  York  The 
contract  was  made  witli  him  on  the  26th  January, 
previou'*. 

1851. 

The  convention  met  in  Trinity  Church,  Staunton, 
on  Wednesday,  21st  May.  Present,  Right  Rev. 
William  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev. 
John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  with  the  Rev. 
John  Grammer,  as  secretary,  pro  tern.,  by  request,  in 
the  place  of  AVm.  M.  Blackford,  Esq.,  who  had  sent 
in  his  resignation  as  the  previous  regular  secretary. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John  Adams  Smith,  lay  delegate.  Communicants, 
166  ;  contributions  for  the  various  institutions  of  the 
church,  $887.67. 

The  vestry  held  four  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year,  to  wit:  9th  December,  1850,  when  the  annual 
report  of  the  treasurer  was  handed  in  and  received. 
And  at  the  same  meeting  the  rector's  salary  was 
raised  to  $1,700   per  annum.      The    next    meeting 


Monumental  Church.  247 

was  lield  on  the  IStli  of  May,  and  Mr.  George 
N.  Johnson  elected  the  lay  delegate  to  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  convention,  to  be  held  in 
Staunton,  on  23rd  instant,  and  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher 
was  appointed  the  alternate.  On  the  22nd  another 
meeting  was  held,  as  it  was  ascertained  that  neither 
Mr.  Bacon  or  the  alternate  could  conveniently  attend 
the  convention,  wliereupou  Mr.  John  Adams  Smith 
was  elected  the  delegate.  The  next  meeting  was 
held  on  the  10th  of  June,  when  a  committee,  composed 
of  Messrs.  James  H.  Gardner  and  James  H.  Poin- 
dexter,  was  appointed  to  ascertain  the  best  mode  for 
warming  tlie  churcli,  and  getting  rid  of  the  coal-dust 
produced  from  the  old  open  stoves,  used  many  years 
prior  to  1845,  and  which  were  often  insufficient  to 
warm  the  clmrch.* 

*NoTE. — When  the  church  was  first  heated,  in  1814,  it  was 
done  bj'  a  very  small  furnace  in  the  basement,  and  the  heat  as- 
cended through  four  openings  in  the  middle  aisle,  not  larger  than 
six  inches  square  :  this  proved  to  be  an  entire  failure.  After- 
wards the  open  stoves  at  the  east  and  west  windows,  with  long 
piping  dropping  into  a  flew  on  each  side  of  the  chancel,  were 
adopted  and  in  use  in  1845.  In  1848  the  old  reading  desk  andL 
pulpit,  which  stood  between  the  two  large  pillars  on  either  side 
of  the  chancel,  were  removed,  and  the  floor  of  the  chancel  raised 
to  its  present  height,  and  the  door  cut  through  the  thick  brick 
wall  to  communicate  with  the  vestry  room.  Before  that  door 
was  cut  the  entrance  was  from  the  church  on  the  left  of  the 
chancel,  and  on  the  level  of  the  main  floor  ;  the  door  is  still  there, 
but  closed.  I'he  chancel  was  enlarged  and  made  a  half  circle  ; 
formerly  it  was  square,  and  the  first  communion  table  was  a  cir- 
cular planking  around  the  base  of  the  left  hand  pillar,  (not  then 
square  at  its  base, )  covered  with  fine  red  damask.  It  was  very 
contracted  as  to  room  for  administering  the  communion,  and  was. 
accordingly  changed,  and  the  present  table  substituted. 


248  History  of  the 

18  52. 

The  convention  inet  in  St.  Paul's  cluu'ch,  in  the 
cdty  of  Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  19th  May.  Pres- 
ent:  Right  Rev.  Wni.  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop, 
with  Cassius  F.  Lee,  Esq.,  of  Alexandria,  as  sec- 
retary. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
■George  N.  Johnson,  lay  delegate  from  same,  viz  : 
Communicants,  160  ;  amount  of  contributions  for 
the  difierent  institutions  of  the  church  and  religion, 
$1,423. 

The  vestry  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  with  November, 
1852,  held  but  two  meetings;  but  they  were  impor- 
tant and  interesting.  The  one  of  18tli  December, 
1851,  recording  suitai)le  resolutions  upon  the  death 
of  our  late  and  much  valued  and  beloved  brother 
vestryman,  Benjamin  L.  Meade,  a  copy  of  which 
w^as  sent  to  his  bereaved  family ;  and  the  election  ol 
Mr.  Thomas  U.  Dudley,  a  worthy  communicant  of 
•the  Monumental  Church,  to  lill  the  vacancy  occa- 
;sioned  by  Mr.  Meade's  death. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  for  the  year  was  also 
handed  in,  and  referred  to  the  secretary  for  exami- 
nation. 

A  resolution  of  thanks  was  adopted,  and  a  copy 
-sent  to  the  ladies'  sewing  society,  as  well  as  the  ju- 
venile members  of  tlie  congregation,  for  the  liberal 
sum  of  $660,  raised  by  them  towards  the  payment 
of  the  late  repairs  of  the  church. 


Monumental  Church.  249 

At  this  meeting  tlie  report  of  the  committee  for 
warming  the  church,  and  also  for  repairs  to  the  roof, 
was  received  and  adopted. 

The  other  meeting  was  held  on  the  5th  of  May, 
1852,  at  wliich  time  the  lav  delegate  to  the  conven- 
tion was  appointed. 

185  3. 

The  convention  met  in  Wheeling,  in  St.  Matthew's 
church,  on  Wednesday,  18th  of  May;  Right  Rev. 
John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  presiding,  and 
Mr.  A.  L.  Seabury,  acting  as  secretary  in  place  of 
Mr.  Cassius  F.  Lee,  of  Alexandria,  who  had  sent  in 
his  resignation. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Cap- 
tain Charles  Talcott  appointed  as  lay  delegate.  From 
the  printed  journal  of  that  year,  neither  was  present. 
Communicants,  171;  (169  wliite;  2  colored);  con- 
tributions to  the  church,  $2,368.92. 

The  vestry  held  three  meetings  in  this  liscal  year, 
up  to  the  end  of  November,  say  on  the  11th  Decem- 
ber, 1852,  which  was  an  interesting  one,  as  the 
ladies  had  proposed  to  discharge  the  balance  of  the 
debt  due  on  all  the  repairs  up  to  that  period,  if  the 
gentlemen  would  agree  to  pay  what  was  due  on  the 
organ  debt.  Also  a  report  was  adopted,  which  was 
handed  in  by  the  wardens,  Messrs.  Jas.  H.  Gardner  and 
John  Adams  Smith,  relating  to  the  stock  issued  for 
the  first  organ  put  up  in  the  church,  and  which  had 
been  purchased  on  credit.     Interest  semi-annually 


250  History  of  the 

paid  on  it,  until  it  was  virtually  given,  (the  principal 
most  of  it,)  to  the  chnrch. 

The  second  was  on  tlie  4th  January,  1853,  and 
the  other  on  9th  of  May,  wlien  Captain  Talcott  was 
elected  lay  delegate  from  the  Monumental  Church 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention  for  the 
diocese  of  Virginia,  to  be  held  in  Wheeling,  on  the 
18th  instant ;  Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson  was  chosen 
the  alternate  delegate. 

At  the  meeting  of  December  11,  1852,  a  resolu- 
tion of  tlianks  to  the  ladies  of  tlie  congregation  for 
the  liberal  contribution  tliey  had  again  made  towards 
the  payment  of  the  debt  for  the  repairs  to  the 
churcli  building  was  adopted;  and  also  suggesting 
that  wJiatever  surplus  existed  should  go  towards  the 
cost  of  introducing  the  gas  in  the  church. 

Messrs.  George  D.  Fisher  and  Geo.  N.  Johnson, 
were  the  committee  appointed  to  wait  upon  the 
ladies  of  the  sewing  society  on  the  subject. 

18  54. 

The  convention  met  in  St.  Paul's  Churcli,  Lynch- 
burg, on  Wednesday,  I7tli  May.  Present:  Right 
Rev.  Wm.  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev, 
John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop;  Mr.  A.  L.  Sea- 
bury  was  appointed  secretary,  pi'O  tern. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Wood  bridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
Wm.  F.  Davis,  the  lay  delegate.  Communicants, 
190 ;  contributions  to  the  cause  of  religion  and  the 
church,  $953. 


Monumental  Church.  251 

The  vestry  held  but  two  nieetiiigs  in  this  liscal 
year:  the  first  on  the  6th  of  December,  1853,  when 
a  resohition  of  thanks  was  adopted,  with  a  present 
of  a  piece  of  silver  plate  to  Mr,  Becktel,  as  a  token 
of  gratitude  to  him  for  his  voluntary  services  as  or- 
ganist for  some  mouths  past. 

At  this  meeting  also  Mr.  James  Evans  was  unani- 
mously chosen  as  organist,  and  Mr.  James  M.  Baker 
was  added  to  the  music  committee. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  10th  of  May^ 
1854,  when  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon  was  elected  the  lay 
delegate  to  the  convention  of  the  diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  be  held  in  Lynchburg,  on  the  17th  of  the 
month,  and  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Davis,  as  the  alternate. 

Our  rector's  salary  was  raised  last  year  to  $2,000. 
At  this  meeting  Mr.  James  M.  Baker,  having  ex- 
pressed his  intention  to  leave  Richmond  permanently 
in  a  few  weeks,  and  that  some  one  else  should  be  ap- 
pointed in  his  place  as  treasurer  of  this  church,  upon 
consultation,  the  members  present  appointed  Mr. 
Geo.  D.  Fisher,  the  present  secretary  of  the  church, 
to  fill  the  place,  he  reserving  the  privilege  of  accept- 
ing the  otfice. 

Mr.  Philip  Rahni  was  then  nominated  as  a  mem- 
ber of  this  vestry,  and  unanimously  elected. 

18  5  5. 
The  convention  met  in  Grace  chui'ch,  Lexington, 
Wednesday,  16th  May.  Present:  Right  Rev.  Wm. 
Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  the  Rev.  Geo.  D,  Cum- 
nins,  rector  St.  James'  church,  Richmond,  secretary, 
j)?'o  tern. 


252  History  of  the 

Parochial  report  of  the  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John  W.  Atkinson,  lay  delegate.  Connnunicants, 
total,  171  ;   General  contributions,  $1,425. 

The  vestry  held  three  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year,  say,  on  the  3rd  of  January,  1855,  at  which  time 
20  per  cent,  upon  the  pew  rents  was  levied,  in  order  to 
make  the  revenue  equal  to  the  expenses  of  the  church, 
in  addition  to  the  weekly  collections  for  contingent 
expenses.  The  second  meeting  was  called  on  Sun- 
day morning,  the  1st  of  Api-il,  after  divine  service, 
to  adopt  suitable  resolutions  in  accordance  with  the 
deep  sorrow  which  prevailed  throughout  the  congre- 
gation, (and  especially  in  the  vestry,)  caused  by  the 
sudden  death  of  our  much  beloved,  admired,  and 
truly  pious  brother-vestryman,  Mr.  George  Nicolsou 
Johnson.  The  third  meeting  was  lield  on  the  litli 
of  May,  wlien  a  vacancy  of  two  mendjers  in  the 
vestry  was  filled  by  the  election  of  Mi-.  William  II. 
Powers  and  Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson. 

Mr.  Atkinson  was  then  chosen  the  lay  delegate  to 
the  convention,  to  l)e  held  in  Lexington  on  the  16th 
of  the  month. 

18  5G. 
Tlie  convention  met  in  St.  George's  church,  Fred- 
ericksburg, Wednesday,  May  2l8t.  Present:  Right 
Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev. 
John  Johns,  assistant  bishop ;  secretary  of  the  con- 
vention. Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  j(;ro  tern;  and 
assistant  secretary,  Mr.  A.  L.  Seabury. 


Monumental  Church,  253 

Morniug  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  James  T. 
Johnson,  of  St.  Paul's  church,  Alexandria,  and  the 
convention  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  "Wm. 
N.  Pendleton,  of  Grace  church,  Lexington.  His 
text  was  a  portion  of  the  21st  verse  of  the  17th 
chapter  of  the  gospel  according  to  St.  Luke :  "  The 
kingdom  of  God  is  within  you."  A  touching  allu- 
sion was  made  to  the  lamented  death  of  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Chisholm  and  Jackson,  both  of  wliom  fell 
noble  martyrs  at  the  post  of  duty  in  the  plague- 
stricken  cities  of  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth  during 
the  past  summer  and  fall,  from  yellow  fever.  Mr. 
Jackson  had  been  appointed  to  preach  the  opening 
convention  sermon  this  day.  The  sermon  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  brief  address  from  the  Right  Rev.  the 
Bishop  of  the  diocese,  in  consonance  with  the  spirit 
of  the  sermon,  both  of  which  wei'e  listened  to  with 
marked  attention. 

In  Bishop  Meade's  address  to  this  convention  he 
also  speaks  of  the  death  of  the  Rev,  George  Adie,  a 
most  beloved  brother  and  fellow-laborer  in  the 
church  of  the  diocese.  It  is  refreshing  to  read  the 
bishop's  estimate  of  his  character. 

The  parochial  report  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond. — Rev.  Geo.  Woodbridge,  rector,  and 
Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson  as  lay  delegate.  Communi- 
cants, 169;  contributions  for  church  purposes,  and 
for  the  sufferers  at  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth,  caused 
by  yellow  fever  in  1855,  $329.23;  total,  $1,976.23. 

Our  vestry  held  but  two  recorded  meetings  this 
fiscal  year;  but  they  were  interesting  to  the  church. 


254  History  of  the 

especially  one  of  27th  December,  1855,  when  a  re- 
port was  made  b}-  the  committee — Messrs.  James 
H.  Gardner,  J.  H.  Poindexter,  John  H.  Tyler,  and 
John  L.  Bacon — who  had  been  so  active  and  liberal 
towards  the  discharge  of  the  oi'gan  debt,  that  the 
entire  balance  of  $1,128.59  was  now  paid;  and  they 
requested  that  the  report  be  entered  npon  the 
minutes  of  the  vestry. 

The  other  meeting  was  lield  on  the  12tli  May, 
1856,  when  Mi-..  John  W.  Atkinson  wns  chosen  the 
lay  delegate  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention 
held  in  Fredericksburg,  on  the  21st  of  that  month. 

1857. 

The  convention  met  in  St.  Paul's  church,  Bristol 
Parisli,  Petersburg,  on  Wednesday,  20th  May.  Pre- 
sent :  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and 
Right  Rev.  Jobn  Johns,  assistant  bishop.  Rev.  H.  S, 
Kepler,  Riclimond,  as  secretary,  and  Mr.  J.  Wilder 
Atkinson,  assistant  secretary,  jpro  teiri. 

It  was  at  this  meeting  that  Bisliop  Meade  read  a 
letter  of  the  16th  May  inst.,  from  Mr.  G.  T.  Bedell, 
at  New  York,  announcing  that  the  two  Messrs.  Wm. 
H.  and  J.  L.  Aspinwall,  of  that  city,  had  each 
placed  in  his  liands  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars 
towards  tlie  erection  of  tlie  buildings  for  the  semi- 
nary near  Alexandria. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John  W.  Atkinson,  lay  delegate  from  same.  Com- 
municants, white,  183  ;  colored,  1 — total,  184.  Con- 
tributions, $2,196.11. 


Monumental  Church.  255 

Two  meetings  of  the  vestry  were  held  durmg  the 
fiscal  year  ending  the  20th  November,  1857,  to-wit: 
On  the  4th  December,  1856,  and  12th  of  May,  1857. 
In  the  former  proceedings  a  deficiency  in  the  revenue 
of  about  $225  was  exhibited  by  the  treasurer,  and  a 
resolution  adopted  for  each  member  of  tlie  vestry  to 
make  a  private  collection  towards  its  liquidation  ; 
and  it  was  also  resolved  to  continue  the  salary  of  the 
organist  at  $100. 

At  the  latter  meeting,  a  communication  from  Mrs. 
Lucy  P.  Smith,  in  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  the  church, 
enclosing  a  check  for  $725  towards  the  payment  of 
the  debt  of  the  church  (being  proceeds  of  a  fair  held 
by  them  for  the  purpose,)  was  read,  and  the  secre- 
tary requested  to  acknowledge  the  same,  and  the 
thanks  of  the  vestry  for  the  liberal  effort  of  the 
ladies  on  such  an  occasion.  The  entire  debt  was 
then  discharged,  and  the  residue  was  to  be  appro- 
priated towards  the  contemplated  repairs  of  the 
church. 

It  was  at  this  meeting  that  Mr.  James  H.  Gard- 
ner sent  in  his  resignation  as  vestryman  and  senior 
warden,  and  the  vestry  determined  not  to  accept  it; 
but  at  a  subsequent  meeting  Mr.  Gardner  urged,  as 
a  reason  for  not  consenting  to  withdraw  it,  his  ad- 
vanced and  feeble  state  of  health,  but  was  willing 
to  act  in  concert  for  the  welfare  of  the  church  at  all 
times  with  the  other  members  as  long  as  he  lived 
and  was  able  to  do  so. 

1858. 

The  convention  met  in  Christ  church,  Winchester, 


256  History  of  the 

Wednesday,  May  19tli.  Present:  Right  Rev.  Wm. 
Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
D.  D,,  assistant  bishop,  with  Rev.  H.  S.  Kepler,  of 
Richmond,  as  secretary,  and  Mr.  James  Entwisle, 
Jr.,  of  Alexandria,  assistant  secretary. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
Geo.  I).  Fisher,  as  the  lay  delegate  from  same.  Com- 
municants: Present  numl)er,  white,  204;  colored,  2 
—total,  206.  Contributions,  $2,310.27,  exclusive  of 
minister's  salary  and  other  regular  expenses. 

The  vestry  held  but  two  meetings  during  this 
fiscal  year,  the  one  on  the  31st  December,  1875,  when 
the  annual  report  of  the  treasurer  was  read,  and  a 
committee  appointed  to  examine  the  same,  which 
was  accordingly  done,  and  approved. 

The  otlier  meeting  was  held  on May,  when 

the  election  of  a  lay  delegate  from  this  church  to 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of  the  diocese, 
to  be  held  in  Winchester,  on  the  19th  of  May,  1858, 
was  ordered,  and  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher,  appointed 
as  such. 

1859. 

The  convention  met  in  Christ  church,  Norfolk, 
Wednesday,  May  18th.  Present:  Right  Rev.  Wm. 
Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  with  the  Rev.  H.  S.  Kepler, 
secretary,  and  Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson,  assistant. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John   L.   Bacon,   lay   delegate  from   same.      Com- 


Monumental  Chukch.  25  T 

municants:  Present  miinbei".  vvliite,  198;  colored,  2 
— total,  200.  Contributions:  Presented  by  the 
ladies  of  the  church  in  connection  with  the  sewing 
society,  §900— total,  $3,907.01. 

Besides  the  white  Sunday-school,  there  is  a  flourish- 
ing colored  one,  with  about  fifteen  teachers,  (white); 
thirteen  communicants  were  transferred  to  Grace 
chnrcli,  and  one  to  St    James. 

The  vestry  held  three  very  interesting  meetings 
during  this  fiscal  year,  the  first  on  the  22nd  Decem- 
ber, 1858,  at  which  a  committee  vi^as  appointed  to 
ascertain  tiie  cost  of  certain  repairs,  and  ])ainting 
the  outside  of  tlie  churcli,  and  repurt  to  a  future 
meeting.  Also  a  committee,  composed  of  Messrs. 
Jno.  Adams  Smith  and  George  D.  Fisher,  appointed 
to  take  the  necessarj'  steps  for  now  trustees  of  the 
Monuuiental  Church  building,  in  place  of  those  who 
have  died. 

Tlie  second  was  held  on  19th  nf  April,  1859,  and; 
Mr.  John  Adams  Smith  reported  to  the  vestry  that 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland  had  kindly  consented  to* 
present  to  the  court  of  hustings  fur  tlie  city  of  Rich- 
mond, the  three  names  advised  by  tlie  vestry,  to  wit :. 
Messrs.  John  W.  Atkinson,  (then  of  Richmond,) 
Philip  Rahm,  and  John  Tyler.  At  this  meeting 
also,  Mr.  Jas.  H.  Gardner,  in  l)elmlf  of  tlie  com- 
mittee on  repairs,  made  a  verbal  report  (so  far  as 
the  conunittee  had  gone)  of  tlie  cost  of  i-epairs  to  the 
outside  of  the  church,  mcluding  two  coats  of  the  f)est 
paint,  and  that  the  same  may  be  done  this  spi-ing 
and  sunnner;  all  of  whicli  was  agreed  should  be- 
ll 


258  History  of  the 

done.  And  at  this  meeting  also,  the  vestry  ap- 
pointed Mr.  John  L.  Bacon  hiy  delegate  to  the 
annnal  meeting  of  tiie  convention  of  the  diocese,  to 
be  held  in  Norfolk,  on  the  ISth  of  May  next,  and 
JVIr.  J.  W.  Atkinson,  as  alternate. 

The  third  meeting  was  held  on  the  6tli  of  June, 
•when  the  vestrj"  gave  the  committee  on  repairs  the 
anthority  to  have  otlier  repairs,  in  way  of  painting 
the  inside  of  the  chnrch;  snch  as  the  galleries  and 
doors  and  windows,  also  frescoing  nnder  the  gal- 
leries, as  well  as  the  recess  of  the  chancel;  and  the 
entire  cost  then  estimated  was  $595. 

18  6  0. 

The  convention  met  in  Christ  chnrch,  Charlottes- 
ville, Wednesday,  16th  May.  Present :  Right  Kev. 
William  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop  ;  and  Right  Rev. 
Johns  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop;  and  John  W. 
Atkinson,  of  Richmond,  as  secretary. 

Morning  prayer  was  read  l)y  Rev.  C.  J.  Gibson, 
rector  of  Grace  church,  Petersbnrg,  and  the  opening- 
sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Cornelius  Walker. 

At  this  meeting  a  very  interesting  report  of  the 
"state  of  the  church  "  was  made  by  eight  of  our  clergy 
and  laymen,  which  may  be  here  introduced  with- 
out impairing  the  specialty  of  this  history,  and  at  the 
same  time  give  to  the  younger  members  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  in  Virginia  who  have  since  grown 
into  manhood,  as  well  as  others  out  of  the  diocese,  a 
pretty  correct  view  of  the  political  aspect  which  mat- 
ters were  then  assuming  in  our  diocese,  and  its  bear- 


Monumental  Church.  259 

ing  on  our  ecclesiastical  sky  at  that  time.  The  re- 
port begins  thus : 

"  From  the  constitution  of  this  committee,  nnder 
the  standing  rules  of  the  convention,  it  seenjs  to  be 
supposed  that  sometliing  will  transpire  through  the 
E])iscopal  and  parochial  reports,  or  be  otherwise  ob- 
tained, which  it  will  be  desirable  to  liave  considered 
and  put  in  form  for  action   by  the  convention  itself. 

"  [Nothing  of  this  sort  having  come  before  ns,  ex- 
cept that  referring  to  the  i-eligious  instruction  of  the 
colored  population,  already  so  ably  provided  for 
through  the  agency  of  a  special  committee,  we  might 
content  ourselves  by  simply  reporting  this  fact.  But 
in  deference  to  what  seems  to  be  expected  of  the 
committee  from  the  usage  of  former  times,  they 
venture  to  submit  briefly  their  views  upon  some 
measures  for  improving  the  state  of  the  church,  and 
making  it  what  its  Divine  Head  would  have  it  to  be, 

"  To  increase  or  modify  our  canons  at  this  day,  is 
deemed  but  a  small  part  of  the  object  of  our  annual 
five  days'  continuance  together.  The  opening  of  the 
convention  at  an  earlier  day  in  the  week  was  for  the 
avowed  purpose  of  allowing  more  time  for  preach- 
ing the  gospel,  for  progressive  concert,  and  especially 
for  devising  means  for  evangelical  aggression,  where- 
by this  vast  diocese,  and  the  region  beyond  it,  might 
be  more  effectually  subjected  to  the  powers  of  the 
I  gospel. 

"For  years  there  have  been  numerous  vacant 
parishes,  besides  large  districts  embracing  entire 
counties,  in    whicli    there  are  no  parishes,  and  but 


260  History  of  the 

very  partial  means  of  grace  from  any  source,  who 
are  shut  np  to  snch  provision  for  their  spiritual  ne- 
cesssities  as  shall  be  made  by  the  people  of  tlie  State 
itself. 

"In  reference  to  the  work  of  missions  within  the 
diocese,  there  is  canse  for  joy  in  the  energetic  and 
well  directed  efforts  of  the  committee  in  Richmond, 
and  the  success  wliicli  has  attended  their  labors  thus 
far,  as  appears  in  tlieir  admirable  report,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  at  least  two  missionaries  may  be  imme- 
diately employed  for  Western  Virginia.  But,  in 
this  connection,  tlie  committee  have  had  their  minds 
drawn  to  tlie  state  of  tlie  church  in  this  diocese,  as 
it  stands  related  to  the  whole  work  of  domestic  mis- 
sions. 

"On  the  foreign  field,  the  influence  of  no  diocese 
has  been  so  extensively  felt,  while  on  the  domestic 
field  this  influence  is  comparatively  indirect  and  par- 
tial, and  this,  too,  at  a  time  when  it  is  plain  to  all 
who  will  listen  to  the  premonitions  of  coming  events, 
that  the  great  interest  of  the  world  is  the  more 
thorough  Christianization  of  the  American  people. 
An  intelligent  survey  of  the  human  race,  in  this  age, 
would  lead  to  the  conviction  that  the  happiness  of 
the  whole  depends  more  upon  the  course  of  things 
in  this  country  tlian  in  any  other.  By  the  close  of 
the  century  this  will  be  the  most  powerful  nation 
upon  the  globe,  and  the  most  populous,  except 
China;  and  what  are  the  probable  spii-itual  fortunes 
of  this  grandest  mass  of  human  life  which  the  world 
ever  saw?      As  Christians,  we  need  not  be  told  that 


i 


Monumental  Church.  261 

its  spiritual  character  will  determine  its  temporal  con- 
dition ;  and  that  this  temporal  condition  will  re-act 
with  tremendous  force  upon  its  spiritual  character. 

"■  From  various  causes  the  liberties  of  this  country 
are  greatly  in  advance  of  its  religion.  Suffrage  is 
universal.  Whatever  may  be  the  result  of  an  ex- 
periment which  never  in  liuman  history  has  suc- 
ceeded, we  are  committed  to  that  result.  No  earthly 
power  can  now  deliver  this  country  from  this  do- 
minion of  the  popular  will  except  through  scenes 
which  few  have  the  nerve  to  contemplate.  The  ma- 
jority is  the  government.  That  majority  is  not  now 
under  the  control  of  Christian  principle;  it  is  poor, 
and  the  time  is  not  distant  when,  from  commercial 
disasters,  it  may  be  temporarily'  suffering  for  the  ne- 
cessaries of  life.  We  have  no  anchor  to  stay  us  in 
such  a  tide  of  affairs.  Hence,  the  opinion  enter- 
tained by  so  many  of  our  wisest  citizens,  that  the 
materials  for  our  destruction  early  in  the  next  cen- 
tury, if  not  in  this,  are  being  precipitated  npon  our 
shores  from  the  nations  of  western  Europe,  and  that 
the  end  of  our  government  and  of  our  liberties 
awaits  only  the  reflux  wave  of  population  from  the 
over-peopled  west.  Property  will  seek  protection 
from  the  poor  in  any  government;  nay,  the  poor 
from  the  violence  of  each  other.  Despotism  will 
be  the  result,  and  religion,  too,  as  in  all  despotic 
countries,  be  turned  back  to  grind  in  bondage. 
Viewed  from  a  liuman  stand  point,  and  in  the  natural 
relations  between  causes  and  their  effects,  the  fore- 
going view  is  probably  the  true  one. 


262  History  of  the 

"  But  is  thei-e  no  other  light  in  which  to  view  our 
future?  Has  the  cJnirch  of  God,  so  ignored  by  the 
philosophers  of  tliis  woi-ld,  l)een  ph^c.ed  here  for 
naught?  Is  not  the  rehgion  of  Jesus  Christ,  as  com- 
mitted to  and  administered  by  tliis  cliurch,  to  modi- 
ty,  nay  control,  the  cause  of  human  history?  If 
our  country  is  to  be  saved,  it  will  be  SHiVed  by  the 
Bible,  and  not  by  the  constitution.  If  our  country 
is  to  be  saved,  it  will  be  saved,  not  by  the  wisdom 
and  virtue  of  the  people,  but  by  the  grace  of  God 
delivering  them  from  their  folly  and  their  sin.  Our 
hope  is  in  Him  who  dwelleth  in  the  heavens.  But 
will  the  church  hear  the  voice  of  God  now  so  loudly 
uttered  in  His  providence?  Will  she  know  her  day, 
her  office,  her  responsibility,  and  rise  to  the  oppres- 
sive greatness  of  her  work?  And  wliat  is  the 
utterance  of  that  voice  which  may  now  be  heard 
crying  in  this  wilderness  of  political  and  social 
agitation,  as  it  is  addressed  to  the  ear  of  the  church? 
It  is  this,  and  none  other.  Evangelize — evangelize — 
evangelize.  Stand  upon  the  banks  of  this  flowing 
tide  of  people,  nay  swim  with  them,  and  evangelize 
as  you  go.  But  how  is  this  to  be  done?  God  works 
by  means  and  measures.  Do  we  need  new  measures? 
No,  not  as  at  present  made  known  to  us;  but  the  pro- 
secution of  old  measures  with  new  zeal.  We  need 
in  greater  abundance,  good  schools,  good  papers, 
good  tracts,  good  books,  and,  above  all,  good  min 
isters  of  Jesus  Christ. 

"  How  shall  we  set  forth  the  office  and  power  of 
the  evangelical  press?     We  have  a  society  admir- 


1 


Monumental  Church.  263 

al)lj  ordered  for  its  use,  to  which  attention  has  been 
called  in  former  reports  of  the  committee  on  the 
state  of  the  church,  and  in  the  addresses  of  tlie 
bishops,  especially  to  that  to  which  we  listened  at 
the  opening  of  this  convention.  Will  we  support 
this  society,  and  use  it  ? 

"Another  and  more  efficient  form  of  imparting 
evangelical  knowledge  is  througli  evangelical  educa- 
tion in  scliools,  from  the  lowest  up  to  our  noble  Uni- 
versity. We  thank  God  that  our  State  exhibits  the 
highest  order  of  education,  unctorrupted  by  the  in- 
fluence of  scieiitiiic  inHdelity,  l)ut  we  wish  to  see  this 
education  more  than  Christian  in  a  general  sense.. 
We  wish  it  to  be  evangelical.  Why  should  the 
educators  hesitate  to  commit  themselves  to  all  that 
God  has  revealed  for  tlie  training  of  immortal  minds? 

"But  the  first  springs  of  education  may  be  largely 
controlled  by  the  church  in  families  and  in  Sunday- 
schools  for  the  wiiole  mass  of  chihh'en  who  have  no 
adequate  Cliristian  instruction  at  home.  Would  to 
God  that  the  committee  could  suitably  express  their 
own  convictions  of  the  importance  of  this  work. 
No  earthly  occupation  surpasses  it  in  dignity,  im- 
portance, or  in  promise.  Some  of  oui*  most  eminent 
jurists  and  statesmen  have  become  Sunday-school 
teachers,  and  deem  it  an  honor  and  a  privilege  to 
be  thus  employed.  First  impressions  are  strongest, 
and  are  likely  to  endure  for  ever.  Geology  tells 
of  a  period  when  the  present  rocks  were  soft,  and 
these  rocks  now  bear  indented  on  their  bosoms  the 
impressions  of  the  tin}'  feet  of  birds  whose   whole 


264  History  of  the 

species  have  long  since  been  extinct.  But  impres- 
sions made  upon  tlie  tender  bosom  of  childhood  will 
endure  wlien  these  rocks  have  given  up  their  charge 
in  the  fires  of  the  last  (conflagration. 

"But  the  special  work  to  which  the  Christian  is 
called,  is  that  of  preacliing  the  gospel  to  every  crea- 
ture,— beginning  at  Jerusalem, — beginning  at  home, 
first  of  all,  incomparal)ly  first,  we  hesitate  not  to  say, 
in  our  own  State,  which  the  gospel  only  can  carry 
safely  through  coming  events  ;  and  then  in  all  tlie 
States  of  this  Union.  In  this  work  no  clmrch  has  a 
more  important  mission  than  our  own.  It  has  some 
qualifications,  and  so  far  set  forth  some  responsibili- 
ties, wliicli  are  peculiar,  and  we  long  to  see  the  wliole 
land  ])enetrated  with  the  conservative,  elevating  and 
refining  Christian  influence  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

"But  what  are  we  doing  for  its  propagation  at 
home,  especially  we  in  this  diocese,  and  to  what  ex- 
tent is  the  influence  of  our  whole  church  felt  upon 
the  consolidating  mass  of  western  life,  whose  future 
■conduct  is  to  be  so  decisive  of  the  happiness  of  the 
world  !  As  in  our  own  State,  so  elsewhere  it  is,  not 
for  want  of  open  fields  and  calls  to  possess  tliem 
that  we  are  so  little  felt.  The  cry  for  men  grows 
louder  and  louder  still, — men  of  sense  and  culture, 
of  energy  and  wisdom,  and,  above  all,  of  deep  evan- 
gelical piety,  willing  and  capable  of  enduring  some- 
thing for  Christ. 

"  The  destitute  people  pour  their  petitions  into  the 
ears  of  the  bishops,  and  the  bishops  report  them  to 
the  church,  but  with  what  partial  effect,  as  yet,  we 


i 


Monumental  Church.  265 

all,  ulas,  too  well  know.  But  let  us  not  fix  our  at- 
tention so  inucJi  upon  the  operations  of  the  church 
as  an  organized  body,  as  upon  the  fact  that  each  one 
of  us,  as  individual  Christians,  has  received  a  divine 
commission  to  look  for  men,  and  otherwise  evange- 
lize at  home,  in  our  own  families,  among  our  neigh- 
bors, in  the  parishes  to  wliich  we  belong,  and  be- 
yond these  limits  so  far  as  the  way  may  be  opened. 
The  tongue  is  a  mighty  member,  and  how  forcible 
are  right  words! 

"Bringing  thus  all  our  notions  to  the  standard  of 
God's  word,  and  permitting  ourselves  not  to  propa- 
gate or  hold  any  doctrine  except  as  we  are  persuaded 
that  tlie  same  may  be  concluded  and  proved  from 
holy  Scripture,  we  shall  be  at  once  missionaries  for 
Christ,  and  profitably  employed  in  our  several 
spheres.  Wisliing  through  the  convention  to  direct 
the  attention  of  the  whole  diocese  to  their  special 
duty,  the  committee  submit  tlie  following  resolution : 

'■''Resolved,  That  every  rector  in  this  diocese  be 
earnestly  requested  to  bring  the  subject  of  domestic 
missions,  diocesan  and  general,  prominently  before 
his  congregation  at  an  early  day,  and  obtain  contri- 
butions for  the  same." 

The  above  report  is  signed  by  Rev.  C.  W.  An- 
drews, D.  D.,  of  Trinity  parish,  Shepherdstown  ;  Rev. 
Win.  N.  Pendleton,  D.  D.,  of  Grace  church,  Latane 
Parish,  Lexington  ;  Rev.  J.  A.  Latane,  Trinity 
church,  Staunton ;  Rev.  T.  M.  Ambler,  Bruton 
parish,  Williamsburg ;  Mr.  John  B.  Dabney,  Moore 
parish,  Campbell  county  ;  Mr.  R.  H.  Cunningham, 


266  History  of  the 

St.  James'  cliurcli,  Cnlpeper  county  ;  Mr.  Samuel 
H.  Lewis,  Mr,  R.  C.  Nelson. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Chnrcli,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  Georg-e  Woodbridg-e,  rector,  and  Mr. 
John  Wilder  Atkinson,  lay  delegate.  Communi- 
cants, 207;  coiitriijutions,  $5,384.65. 

The  vestry  lield  four  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year,  viz :  one  on  the  19t]i  December,  1859  ;  one  on 
28th  Feln-uary,  1860;  one  on  the  21st  March,  and 
one  on  the  14th  May,  1860. 

At  the  first  one,  Mr.  James  H.  Gardner,  in  be- 
half of  the  committee  on  repairs  to  the  chnrcli  in 
the  summer  and  fall  of  tliat  year,  exhibited  a  de- 
tailed statement  of  the  cost  of  painting,  etc.,  amount- 
ing to  §1,502.51;  towards  the  payment  of  which 
$813.78  had  been  contributed  by  the  ladies  of  the 
congregation  and  their  sewino;  societv. 

At  the  second  meeting,  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
James  Evans,  as  organist,  was  lianded  in,  and  a  re- 
solution of  thanks  to  him  for  his  services  so  many 
years,  and  at  so  small  a  (compensation,  and  also  for 
his  generous  offer  to  continue  as  organist  until  his 
place  could  be  filled,  was  adopted,  and  a  committee, 
composed  of  the  rector  and  Messrs.  John  L.  Bacon,. 
Wm.  EL.  Powers,  and  Thomas  U.  Dudley,  requested 
to  express  to  him  bj'  letter  the  acceptance  of  his 
offer,  as  well  as  the  liigh  appreciation  which  the 
vestry  and  church  entertained  for  him. 

The  next  meeting  was  Iield  on  the  21st  March, 
when  Mr.  Poindexter,  cliairman  of  a  committee  ap- 
pointed on  the  28th  February  for  the  procurement 


Monumental  Church.  26T 

of  anothe]'  organist,  reported  that  a  German  gentle- 
man, Mr.  W.  T.  Graban,  teacher  in  one  of  our  city 
schools  of  music,  and  a  communing  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  had  agreed  to  till  the  place  as  or- 
ganist at  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  14th  of  May, 
when  Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson  was  elected  the  lay 
delegate  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of 
the  diocese,  to  be  held  in  Charlottesville,  on  the 
third  Wednesday  of  the  present  month. 

1861. 

The  convention  met  in  St.  Paul's  churcii,  Rich- 
mond, on  Wednesday,  16th  of  May.  Present: 
Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.  D.,  bishop,  and 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop, 
with  Mr.  John  W,  Atkinson,  as  secretary. 

Morning  prayer  to  the  creed  was  read  by  the 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant  bishop,  and 
the  residue  by  Riglit  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  D.  D., 
bishop  of  North  Carolina.  The  convention  sermon 
was  preached  by  the  Right  Rev.  William  Meade, 
D.  D.,  bishop,  from  the  text,  "And  Pharoah  said 
unto  Jacob,  how  old  ai"t  thou ;  and  Jacob  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  the  days  of  the  j'ears  of  my  pilgrimage 
are  an  hundred  and  thirty  years;  few  and  evil  have 
the  days  of  the  years  of  my  life  l)een." — Gen.  xlvii. 
8,  9  verses. 

Upon  calling  the  I'oll,  it  was  ascertained  that  of 
the  clergy,  including  the  two  bishops,  there  were 
present  36;  and  of  laymen  only  20  who  answered 


268  History  of  the 

to  tlicir  names.  On  tlie  second  day  four  other 
clergy  and  two  laymen  were  present. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
Geo.  D.  Fisher,  lay  delegate  of  same.  Communi- 
ijants,  215;  contributions,  $3,955. 

Remarks. — There  are  three  Sunday-schools  con- 
nected with  the  church — two  white,  and  one  colored. 
A  part  of  tlie  colored  has  just  been  transferred  to 
St.  Philip's  (African)  clmrcli,  just  erected  in  the  city. 

Two  meetings  of  the  vestry  were  held  tliis  fiscal 
year,  one  on  the  7th  January,  1861,  when  an  exhibit 
was  made  by  the  treasurer  of  the  churcli  as  to  its 
then  condition,  and  also  to  extend  the  time  which 
the  committee  on  the  eidargement  of  the  Sunday- 
school  room  desired. 

The  next  was  held  on  the  13th  of  May,  when  a 
delegate  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention 
was  cliosen,  and  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher  appointed. 
It  was  to  be  held  again  in  Richmond,  as  the  war 
had  broken  out,  and  no  other  place  could  then  be 
fixed  upon. 

This  interesting  period  of  the  history  of  the  church 
in  Virginia,  and  indeed  of  all  the  churches  south 
of  tlie  Potomac  river,  may  be  an  apology  sufficient 
at  this  moment  to  remind  the  reader  of  a  closing 
part  of  Bishop  Meade's  annual  address  in  regard  to 
the  political  condition  whicli  the  State  of  Virginia 
had  but  one  month  before  assumed  by  the  passage  of 
the  ordinance  of  secession  ;  and  at  the  same  time  it 
will  be  perceived  how  often  results  vary  from  the 


J 


Monumental  Church.  26^ 

prediction  of  the  wise  and  good  men  of  every  age, 
and  in  truth  tliat  "  God's  ways  are  not  as  our  ways> 
nor  His  thoughts  as  our  thoughts." 

But  before  I  make  tlie  extract,  to  wliich  aUusion 
has  just  been  directed,  it  is  very  interesting,  as  well 
as  sad  to  many  now  alive,  to  have  their  memories 
recalled  to  the  departed  clergy  of  our  church,  who 
were  so  highly  valued  and  beloved  at  the  time 
Bishop  Meade  made  that  address. 

He  says:  ''It  now  becomes  my  painful  duty  to 
record  tlie  deaths  of  some  of  our  brethren  iu  the 
ministry  during  the  last  year. 

"  The  Rev.  Mr.  Zimmer,  while  acceptably  per- 
forming his  duties  at  City  Point,  was  visited  b}'  a 
dispensation  of  Providence,  which  disabled  him 
both  in  body  and  mind  from  any  other  service. 
After  much  suffering,  he  died  in  the  midst  of  the 
kindest  nursing  care,  in  the  asylum  at  Williamsburg, 

"  The  Rev.  Mr.  Points,  who  was  for  some  years 
our  missionary  teacher  in  China,  and  ever  longed  to 
return  to  that  country,  and  purposed  the  same  if 
Providence  permitted,  was  cut  off  in  the  midst  of 
his  days,  and  at  a  time  of  most  ac(teptable  service  in 
St.  John's  church,  Richmond,  umch  lamented  by  a 
sorrowing  congregation  and  bereaved  relatives. 

"  The  Rev.  Dr.  Empie,  also,  who  for  some  A'ears 
has  resided  in  another  diocese,  though  canonically  con- 
nected with  our  own,  has  also  died,  being  full  of' 
3'ears  and  wisdom.  For  integrity,  conscientiousness, 
soundness  in  the  faith,  and  every  domestic  as  well 
as  ministerial  excellency,  few  liave  ever  equalled  Dr.. 


,270  History  of  the 

Etiijde.  He  is  remembered  with  affection  and  es- 
teem by  all  who  knew  and  now  sui-vive  him. 

"To  this  enumeration  of  deaths  among  the  minis- 
ters in  connection  with  our  own  diocese,  I  only  do 
justice  to  my  own  feelings,  and  to  those  of  many 
others,  by  alluding  to  tliat  of  one  who  was  born 
among  ns,  and  was  for  a  long  time  a  most  laborious 
and  acceptable  minister  in  Virginia,  as  he  was  after- 
wards a  most  zealous  and  beloved  bisiiop  in  the  dio- 
eese  of  Alabama.  From  his  first  entrance  on  the 
ministry,  I  was  intimately  acquainted  with  Bishop 
Cobbs,  and  loved  liim  dearly  foi"  some  of  the  most 
interesting  qualities  which  l)elong  to  human  nature. 
His  disinterested  devotion  to  the  work  of  tlie  min- 
istrj',  and  constant  readiness  to  promote  the  comfort 
of  all  witlun  his  reach,  were  most  striking  traits  in 
his  character,  and  endeared  hinj  to  all  who  knew 
him.  Tlie  most  uninterrupted  friendsliip  existed 
between  us  during  his  residence  in  Virginia,  and 
<'ontinued  to  tlie  close  of  his  life.  I  look  forward 
with  holy  delight  to  tlie  renewal  of  the  same  in  that 
world  where  parting  will  be  no  more. 

"  Having  thus  presented  a  statement  of  those 
things  pertaining  to  our  disocese,  which  the  canon  re- 
quires of  me,  I  now  ask  your  attention  to  a  few  re- 
marks concerning  the  present  unhappy  condition  of 
our  State  and  country.  My  brethren  and  friends 
will  bear  me  witness  how  carefully  I  liave  ever 
avoided,  in  all  my  communications,  the  least  refer- 
ence to  any  thing  partaking  of  a  political  (-haracter, 
and  liow  I  have  earnestly  warned  my  younger  breth- 


MONDMEJNTAL   ChUROH.  271 

ren  against  the  danger  of  injuring  the  effect  of  their 
sacred  ministry  by  engaging  in  discussions  which  are 
so  apt  to  disturb  the  peace  of  society.  But  in  the 
present  circumstances  of  our  countr}',  the  cause  of 
religion  is  so  deeply  involved,  that  I  feel  not  only 
justified,  but  constrained  to  otFer  a  few  remarks  for 
your  consideration. 

"It  has  pleased  God  to  permit  a  great  calamity 
to  come  upon  us.  Our  whole  country  is  preparing 
for  war.  Our  own  State,  after  failing  in  her 
earnest  effort  for  the  promotion  of  peace,  is,  per- 
haps, more  actively  engaged  in  all  needful  measures 
for  maintaining  the  position  wdiicli  she  has,  after 
much  consideration,  deliberately  assumed,  than  any 
portion  of  the  land.  A  deeper  and  more  honest 
conviction  that  if  war  should  actually  come  upon 
ns,  it  will  be  on  our  part  one  of  self-defence,  and 
therefore  justifiable  before  God,  seldom,  if  ever,  ani- 
mated tlie  breasts  of  those  who  appealed  to  a.rms. 
From  this  consideration,  and  from  my  knowledge  of 
the  character  of  our  people,  I  believe  that  the  ob- 
ject sought  for  will  be  most  perseveringly  pursued, 
whatever  sacrifice  of  life  and  comfort  and  treasure 
may  be  required.  Nor  do  I  entertain  any  doubt  as 
to  tlie  final  result,  though  I  shudder  at  the  thought 
of  what  may  intervene  before  that  result  is  secured. 

"  May  God,  in  great  merc^^  and  with  His  mighty 
power,  interpose  and  grant  us  speedy  peace,  instead 
of  protracted  war!  But  can  it  be,  that  at  this  pe- 
riod of  the  world,  when  so  many  prayers  are  offered 
up  for  the  establisliment  of  Christ's  kingdom  in  all 


272  History  of  the 

the  eai-tli,  and  that  such  higli  ho])es  arc  entertained 
that  the  zealous  efforts  put  forth  will  Ije  successful, 
and  tliat  our  country  be  one  of  the  most  effective 
and  honored  instruments  for  producing  tlie  same, 
that  the  great  work  shall  be  arrested  by  such  a  fra- 
tricidal war  as  that  which  is  now  so  seriousl}'  threat- 
ened. Is  there  not  room  enough  for  us  all  to  dwell 
together  in  peace  in  this  widely  extended  country, 
so  large  a  portion  of  which  is  yet  unsettled,  and  may 
not  be  until  the  world  that  now  is  shall  l)e  no  morel 
The  families  of  nations  which  spring  from  two  vener- 
able patriarchs  of  old  could  lind  room  enough  in  the 
little  pent  up  land  of  Judea  to  live  in  peace  by  giving 
tiie  one  to  one  hand  and  the  other  to  the  opposite.  At 
a  later  period,  wlien  Israel  and  Judali  separated,  and 
the  latter  having  the  city  and  temple  in  possession, 
and  the  supremacy,  according  to  propliecy,  was  pre- 
paring to  go  up  against  the  former  and  reduce  the 
people  to  submission,  and  bring  them  back  to  union, 
the  Lord  Himself  came  down  and  forbade  it,  say- 
ing; 'Thou  shalt  not  go  up,  nor  light  against  your 
brethren,  the  children  of  Israel.  Return  every  man 
to  his  house,  for  this  thing  is  of  Me.'  And  they 
barkened  unto  the  Lord,  and  ever  after  the  history 
of  the  two  kingdoms  is  written  in  the  same  sacred 
volume,  in  which  are  also  recorded  the  evidences  of 
God's  favor  to  both,  and  though  sometimes  at  con- 
troversy, 3'et  how"  often  were  they  found  side  l>y 
side  defending  the  ancient  boundaries  of  Judea 
against  sui'rounding  nations.  God  grant  that  our 
country  may  learn  a  lesson  from  this  sacred  narra- 
tive. 


Monumental  Church.  273 

"  Let  none  think  that  I  am  unmindful  of  Law  and 
order,  and  of  the  blessings  of  the  Union.  I  was 
trained  in  a  different  school.  I  have  clung-  witli  te- 
nacit}^  to  the  hope  of  preserving  the  Union  to  the 
last  moment.  If  I  know  ui}'  own  heart,  could  the 
sacrifice  of  the  poor  remnant  of  liiy  life  have  con- 
tributed in  any  degree  to  its  maintenance,  such  sac- 
rifice would  have  been  cheerfully  made.  But  the 
developments  of  public  feeling,  and  the  course  of 
our  rulers,  have  brought  me  slowly,  reluctantly,  sor- 
rowfully, yet  most  decidedh',  to  the  painful  convic- 
tion, that  notwithstanding  attendant  damages  and 
evils,  we  shall  consult  tlie  welfare  iiiid  happiness  of 
the  whole  land  by  separation.  And  who  can  desire 
to  retain  a  Union  which  has  now  become  so  hateful, 
and  by  the  application  of  armed  force,  which,  if 
successful,  would  make  it  ten  times  more  hatefuU 
and  soon  lead  to  the  repetition  of  the  same  bloody 
contests ! 

"I  trust,  therefore,  that  the  present  actual  sepa- 
ration of  so  many  and  such  important  portions  of 
our  country  may  take  place  without  furtlier  collision, 
which  might  greatly  hinder  tlie  establishment  of  the 
most  friendly  and  intimate  relations  whicli  can  con- 
sist with  separate  establishments.  I  trust  that  our 
friends  at  a  distance,  and  now  in  opposition  to  us, 
will  most  seriously  review  their  judgment,  and  in- 
quire whether  the  evils  resulting  from  a  war  to  sus- 
tain their  wishes  and  opinions  as  to  a  single  Con- 
federacy, will  not  far  exceed  those  apprehended 
from  the  estal^lishment  of  a  second — an  event  far 
18 


274  History  of  the 

more  certain  than  the  result  of  the  American  revo- 
lution at  the  time  of  its  occurrence. 

"In  connection  with  tliis  civil  and  geographical 
separation  in  our  country,  and  almost  necessarily'  re- 
sulting from  it,  the  subject  of  some  change  of  the 
ecclesiastical  relations  of  our  diocese  must  come 
under  consideration.  There  is  a  general  and  strong 
desire,  I  believe,  to  retain  as  much  as  possible  of  our 
past  and  present  happy  intercourse  with  those  from 
whom  we  shall  be,  in  otlier- matters,  more  divided. 

"A  meeting  is  already  proposed  for  this  purpose 
in  one  of  the  seceded  States,  whose  plans,  so  far  as 
developed,  I  will  submit  to  the  consideration  of  this 
body  at  its  present  session.  I  cannot  conclude 
without  expressing  the  earnest  desire  that  the  minis- 
ters and  members  of  our  church,  and  all  the  citizens 
of  our  State,  who  are  so  deeply  interested  in  the 
present  contest,  may  conduct  it  in  the  most  elevated 
and  Christian  spirit,  rising  above  uncharitable  and 
indiscriminate  imputations  on  all  who  are  opposed. 

"  Many  there  are  equally  sincere  on  both  sides, 
as  there  ever  have  been  in  all  the  wars  and  contro- 
versies that  have  been  waged  upon  the  earth,  though 
it  does  not  follow  that  all  have  the  same  grounds  of 
justice  and  truth  on  which  to  base  their  warfare.  It 
was  tlie  maxim  of  an  ancient  sage  that  we  should 
always  treat  our  friends  as  those  who  might  one  day 
be  our  enemies,  and  to  treat  our  enemies  as  those 
who  might  one  day  be  our  friends.  While  abhorring, 
as  I  am  sure  we  all  do,  the  former  part  of  this  cold- 
hearted  maxim,  let  us  cherish  and  adopt  the  latter, 


Monumental  Church.  275 

so  congenial  with  the  spirit  of  our  holy  religion.  The 
thonglit  of  even  a  partial  separation  from  those  who 
have  long  been  so  dear  to  me,  is  anguish  to  my  soul. 
But  tliere  is  a  union  of  heart  in  our  common  faith 
and  liope  whicli  can  never  be  broken.  The  church 
in  Virginia  has  more  dear  friends  and  generous  pa- 
trons amongst  those  who  are  on  the  opposite  side  of 
this  painful  controversy  than  any  other,  and  feels 
most  deeply  the  unhappy  position  in  which  we  are 
placed.  As  our  State  has,  to  its  high  praise,  en- 
deavoured to  avert  the  evils  now  threatened,  so  may 
our  church,  and  all  the  others  in  Virginia,  by  prayer 
and  the  exercise  of  true  charity,  endeavour  to  dimin- 
ish tliat  large  amount  of  prejudice  and  ill-will  which 
so  unhappily  abounds  in  our  land.  Let  me,  in  con- 
clusion, commend  to  your  special  prayers  all  those 
who  have  now  devoted  themselves  to  the  defence  of 
our  State. 

"  From  personal  knowledge  of  many  of  them,  and 
from  the  information  of  others,  there  is  already,  I 
believe,  a  large  portion  of  religious  principle  and 
genuine  piety  to  be  found  among  them.  I  rejoice 
to  learn  that  in  many  companies  not  only  are  the 
services  of  chaplains  and  other  ministers  earnestly 
sought  for,  but  social  prayer  meetings  held  among 
themselves. 

"  Our  own  church  has  a  very  large  proportion  of 
connnunicants  among  the  officers  of  our  army,  and 
not  a  few  among  the  soldiers.  Let  us  pray  that 
grace  may  be  given  them  to  be  faithful  soldiers  of 
the  cross,  as  well  as  valiant  and  successful  defenders 
of  the  State. 


276  History  of  the 

"  If  all  of  us  do  our  part  faithf ull}',  and  according 
to  the  principles^of  our  holy  religion,  we  may  con- 
fidently leave  the  issue  to  God,  who  will  overrule 
all  for  good." 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Judge 
Thomas  S.  Gholson,  of  St.  Paul's  church,  Petersburg, 
and  was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved^  Tliat  so  much  of  tlie  bishop's  address 
as  refers  to  the  present  condition  of  our  political  and 
ecclesiastical  affairs  be  referi-ed  to  a  special  commit- 
tee of  three  clergymen  and  three  laymen,  with  in- 
structions to  report  as  soon  as  practicable  to  the  con- 
vention some  plan  of  action." 

The  chair  appointed  the  following  gentlemen  such 
committee  :  the  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  assistant 
bishop  ;  Rev.  John  Grammer,  Rev.  Wm,  Sparrow,  D. 
D.;  Judge  Thomas  S.  Gholson,  Mr.  James  Gait,  of 
Fluvanna  county  ;  Mr.  Richard  H.  Cunningham,  of 
Culpeper  county. 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  special  com- 
mittee as  above : 

"1.  Resolved^  That  this  convention,  having  heard 
with  deep  interest  the  true  and  timely  statements 
of  our  venerable  diocesan  in  reference  to  the  present 
political  and  ecclesiastical  condition  of  our  affairs, 
cordiall}^  concur  in  the  views  presented,  and  sympa- 
thise fully  in  the  kind  and  Christian  spirit  in  which 
thej  are  so  wisely  declared. 

"2.  Resolved^  That  a  committee,  consisting  of 
the  two  bishops,  three  other  clergymen,  and  three 
laymen,   be  appointed  as  a  provisional  committee, 


1 


Monumental  Church.  277 

to  act  during  tlie  recess  of  the  convention  in  all 
matters  connected  with  our  relations  to  other  dio- 
ceses, and  that  the  clerical  and  lay  members  of  the 
committee  shall  serve  as  delegates  in  any  convention 
which  may  be  agreed  upon  by  other  siniilarl}^  situ- 
ated dioceses.  All  the  proceedings  of  this  commit- 
tee to  be  reported  for  the  approval  of  the  conven- 
tion of  the  diocese  of  Virginia. 
"Signed  by 
Thos.  S.  Gholson,  J.  Johns, 

James  Galt,  Wm.  Sparrow, 

R.  H.  Cunningham,  J.  Grammer." 

In  addition  to  the  address  of  Bishop  Meade,  as 
well  as  the  resolutions  just  recited,  (and  based  upon 
his  interesting  report  at  so  critical  a  moment  in 
the  history  of  our  State,  as  well  as  the  Episcopal 
churcli  in  Virginia  and  the  other  States  south),  it 
will  be  of  increased  interest  to  the  reader  to  con- 
sider the  report  on  the  "state  of  our  chui'ch  of  that 
year,  which  was  adopted  and  recorded  among  the 
proceedings  of  the  convention  for  1861.  The  re- 
port reads  thus: 

"The  smaller  attendance  than  usual  of  our  dele- 
gates, lay  and  clerical,  taken  in  connection  with  the 
disturbance  of  the  country,  will,  of  course,  preclude 
any  thing  like  a  full  and  satisfactory  report  of  tlie 
state  of  the  church  as  during  tlie  last  twelve  montlis, 
or  at  the  present  moment.  There  would  seem  to 
have  ])een  at  least  an  average  of  effort  and  of  results 
until  about  the  first  of  November.     Since  then  the 


278  History  of  the 

absorbing  facts  of  the  present  moment,  and  the  still 
more  absorbing  anticipations  of  evils  and  calamities 
to  come,  have  seriously  interfered  with  the  progress 
of  the  church,  as  they  have  with  all  other  move- 
ments for  the  benefit  of  human  society. 

"These  troubles  are  upon  us  still,  and,  in  all  pro- 
bability, will  exert  a  like  paralyzing  influence  upon 
our  ministers  and  people  during  the  conaing  year,  if 
not  for  a  longer  period.  To  pronounce  upon  the 
character  of  the  various  causes  bringing  about  this 
state  of  things,  and  to  award  to  all  parties  a  due 
share  of  blame  and  commendation,  does  not  lie  within 
the  sphere  of  this  committee,  even  if  they  possessed 
the  elevation  and  repose  of  spirit  qualifying  them  for 
such  undertaking,  ^o  less  is  it  beyond  our  ken  to 
foresee  the  ultimate  results  of  the  existing  distur- 
bances. Of  one  thing  we  may  rest  fully  assured, 
'tliatall  things  shall  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God  ;'  that  the  highest  interests  of  Christ's 
real  people,  collectively  and  individually,  cannot 
suffer,  can  and  will  be  advanced  as  effectually  through 
the  sharp  trial  and  discipline  of  calamity,  as  through 
the  less  painful  probation  of  peace  and  prosperity. 

"It  should,  however,  be  distinctly  kept  before  our 
minds  that  we  are  thus  upon  trial,  and  in  many 
cases,  for  our  ver^^  Christian  character.  The  revela- 
tions of  the  next  twelve  months,  under  tliis  new 
form  of  probation  to  "which  our  ministers  and  peo- 
ple are  subjected,  will,  it  is  to  be  feared,  in  many 
instances,  be  most  startling  and  painful.  And  it 
should  now  be  the  special  effort  of  each  and  all  to 


Monumental  Chukch.  279 

see,  not  merely  that  we  pass  through  the  trial  safely, 
but  in  such  manner  as  to  glorify  God.  The  great 
interests  of  eternity  are  no  less  supreme  now  than 
during  times  of  profound  quiet  and  abundant  pros- 
perity. And  M'hatever  may  be  our  duties  as  citizens 
of  an  earthly  commonwealth,  it  Is  still  true,  and 
needs  ever  to  be  remembered,  that  'our  citizenship 
is  in  heaven  ;*  that  our  most  sacred  and  paramount 
duties  have  regard  to  that  commonwealth  or  king- 
dom which  'is  not  of  this  world.'  And  as  one 
mode  of  providing  for  these  highest  interests,  under 
present  circumstances,  may  be  mentioned  that  of 
special  efforts  in  our  parishes  to  keep  up  their  or- 
ganization, and  as  far  as  possible,  their  usual  ser- 
vices, even  though  it  should  be  with  diminished  con- 
gregations. Tiie  prevalent  tendency  during  such  a 
state  of  things  as  now  exists  is  to  disorganization. 
When  such  tendency  is  not  guarded,  there  will  be  a 
great  deal  of  disorganization  that  is  altogether  un- 
necessary and  mischievous.  Many  of  our  clergy, 
unless  special  effort  be  made  in  their  parishes,  will 
be  deprived  of  the  ordinary  means  of  subsistence. 
The  dithculty  in  this  respect  should  be  remembered 
by  those  who  have  the  means  of  preventing  it.  Of 
course  the  existing  pressure  wnll  and  must  be  felt  by 
all,  l)oth  clergy  and  laity;  and  both  must  be  pre- 
pared to  undergo  self-denial  and  make  sacrifices  for 
the  general  good.  At  the  same  time,  a  degree  of 
effort  proportioned  to  the  means  and  opportunities 
of  our  lait}',  in  their  contributions  and  faithful  at- 
tendance upon  tlie  services  of  the  sanctuary  will  be 


280  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

prodnctive  of  results  most  salutary,  will  aid  in  ar- 
resting the  prevalent  disorganizing  tendency,  and 
save  niucli  unnecessary  privation  and  suffering. 

"  In  connection  with  this  point  may  be  mentioned 
the  importance  just  now  of  liberal  contributions  to 
our  diocesan  missionarj^  society.  Its  operations 
during  the  last  two  or  three  years  have  been  greatly 
enlarged ;  and  it  is  not  at  all  improbable  that 
parishes,  hitherto  self  supporting,  will  need  assistance 
during  the  coming  year.  There  is  some  danger 
that,  in  anticipation  of  the  conflict  that  may  be 
■waged  for  our  altars  and  firesides,  economy  may  be- 
gin with  our  charities;  that  men  will  first  deny 
themselves  in  luxury  of  doing  good,  and  only  after 
that  fails,  consent  to  give  up  others  of  an  inferior 
•eharacter. 

"  This  will  operate,  and  has  in  fact  already  operated, 
in  reference  to  all  forms  of  contribution  for  benevolent 
purposes.  It  will  be  lial)le  thus  to  operate  with  re- 
ference to  the  object  we  have  specified.  And  we 
would  earnestly  and  affectionately  urge  its^  claims 
lupon  the  regards  of  our  brethren,  lay  and  clerical. 
We  would  not  have  other  objects  of  commanding 
interest  receive  less,  but  this  more. 

"  There  will  be  for  this  object,  if  there  is  not  al- 
ready, a  special  necessity  ;  and  special  good  will 
oome,  if  for  that  necessity  there  be  made  prompt  and 
adecpiate  provision. 

"  Trusting  that  He  who  rules  not  only  among  the 
armies  of  heav^en,  but  among  the  inhabitants  of 
earth,  and  who  causes  even   the  wrath   of  man  to 


Monumental  Church.  281 

■show  forth  His  praise,  will  overrule  all  the  existing 
commotions  and  elements  of  disturbance  to  His  own 
glorj,  and  the  hastened  coming-  of  His  promised 
kingdom,  we  would  prayerfully  and  hopefully  leave 
all  to  His  supreme  disposal.  The  Lord  reigneth : 
the  righteous  of  the  earth  may  rejoice;  the  Lord 
reigneth:  the  sinful  inhabitants  of  the  world  may 
.tremble. 

"All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

C.  Walker,  Chairman  " 

Four  meetings  of  the  vestry  of  tlie  Monumental 
Church  for  the  iiscal  year  ending  the  30th  Novem- 
ber, 1862,  were  held,  to  wit:  December  23rd,  1861, 
when  the  treasurer  made  his  annual  report,  and  12^ 
per  cent,  on  the  pew  rents  was  added,  so  as  to  pay 
off  a  small  debt  of  the  previous  year,  and  provide 
sufficient  revenue  for  the  new.  And  also  to  con- 
sider the  petition  of  the  choir  to  enlarge  the  organ 
gallery,  which  was  granted. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  12th  January,  1862, 
to  adopt  suitable  resolutions  upon  tlie  death  of  our 
brother-vestryman  and  earnest  co-worker  in  tlie 
church,  and  personal  friend,  Mr.  Philip  Rahm. 

The  third  meeting  was  held  on  the  22nd  of  same 
month,  when  Mr.  Gardner  presented  a  letter  of 
thanks  from  Charles  Macbeth,  Esq.,  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  upon  the  receipt  of  $202.07 
collected  in  the  Monumental  Church,  and  forwarded 
on  the  16th  December,  in  behalf  of  the  sufferers  of 
Charleston  by  the  late  great  lire  in  that  city. 


282  History  of  the 

And  the  fourtli  meeting-  was  on  the  20th  May,  to 
appoint  a  delegate  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
council  of  the  diocese,  to  he  lield  at  St.  Paul's 
church,  Richmond,  on  the  2l8t  instant.  At  that 
meeting  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon  was  appointed  the  lay 
delegate. 

18  62. 

Parochial  i-eport  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector;  and  Mr. 
John  L.  Bacon,  lay  delegate  ;  connnunicants,  253  ; 
coutril)utions,  |2, 580.02. 

The  ladies  of  the  congregation  have  been  untij-ing 
during  the  last  year  in  sewing  for  the  army. 

Three  meetings  of  the  vestry  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  with  November  were  held,  and  each  of  deep 
interest  to  our  congregation.  The  tirst  was  on  the 
3rd  December,  1862,  when  three  vacancies  of  our 
body  wore  filled,  to  wit:  by  the  election  of  Mr. 
Geo.  W.  Williams,  Mr.  Richd.  H.  Meade,  and  Mr. 
Frank  G.  Ruttin;  the  two  former  to  supply  the 
place  of  our  deceased  friends,  Messrs.  Philip  Rahm 
and  Chas.  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr.,  and  the  third  by  the 
resignation  of  our  estimable  friend,  Mr.  John  L. 
Bacon,  who  removed  to  St.  Paul's  church.  A 
vacancy  had  existed  for  some  months  before,  and 
the  present  meeting  thought  it  a  good  opportunity 
to  fill  it,  in  order  to  complete  the  number  of  the^ 
vestry  to  twelve. 

Whereupon  Mr.  John  Waterhouse,  a  very  zeal- 
ous and  worthy  communicant  of  the  congregation, 
was  duly  elected. 


Monumental  Chukch.  283 

At  this  meeting  the  salaries  of  the  rector  and 
organist  were  increased,  owing  to  the  steady  decline 
in  the  value  of  Confederate  currency,  and  the  in- 
crease accordingly  of  all  the  necessaries  of  life. 

The  second  meeting  was  held  on  the  18th  of 
May,  1863,  and  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Williams  was  ap- 
pointed the  lay  delegate  to  the  convention,  to  be  held 
at  St.  Paul's  church  Richmond,  on  the  20th  inst. 
At  this  meeting  also  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
examine  the  condition  of  the  furnace,  and  what  will 
be  the  best  method  to  adopt  in  altering  the  seats  on 
the  west  side  of  the  gallery,  and  cost  of  same.* 

The  third  meeting  was  held  on  the  16th  Novem- 
ber, when  the  resignation  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Grabau,  the 
organist,  was  read,  and  most  reluctantly  accepted. 
He  felt  it  a  duty  to  his  family  to  move  to  the  county 
of  Gloucester.  The  vestry  passed  suitable  resolu- 
tions of  regret  in  parting  with  him  and  his  family, 
and  the  register  accordingly'  conveyed  them  to  liim 
in  writing. 

This  year  of  our  church  as  well  as  state,  was  a 
deeply  interesting  as  well  as  sad  one;  and  may  be 
introduced  without  infringing  too  much  upon  the 
more  direct  character  of  this  book — a  "history  of 
the  Monumental  Cliurch." 

The  death  of  good  Bishop  Meade,  of  Virginia,  oc- 

*  Note. — In  the  summer  of  1879,  this  long  desired  improvement 
was  effected  through  the  agency  of  two  members  of  the  vestry, 
Messrs.  Whitcomb  and  Mayo,  and  resohitions  of  thanks  passed 
accordingly.  The  carpenter's  work  was  done  chiefly  by  Mr.  C. 
H.  Thompson,  the  foreman  of  Mr.  Neale  on  Eoss  Street. 


284  History  of  the 

curred  on  the  l-ith  of  March,  1862,  at  the  residence 
of  Mr,  John  L.  Bacon,  Grace  street,  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  and  Bishop  Johns,  in  his  sermon  at  St. 
PanPs  chnrch,  npon  the  occasion  of  the  funeral,  on 
Monday,  tli*e  17th,  used  these  words  as  a  part  of 
that  deeply  interesting-  discourse,  from  the  12th 
verse  of  the  14tli  chapter  of  St.  Mattliew :  "And 
His  disciples  came  and  took  up  the  body  and  buried 
it,  and  went  and  told  Jesus." 

"  My  Christian  Brethren  :  I  have  scarcely 
courage  for  the  sad  service  which  devolves  upon  me. 
I  could  not  brace  myself  for  the  effort,  but  for  the 
special  commission  which  I  dare  not  decline — a 
commission  not  from  the  living,  but  from  the  now 
dead — from  tlie  lips  of  our  honored  and  beloved 
father  in  God,  wliose  departure  has  stricken  our 
hearts  with  sorrow,  and  around  whose  mortal  re- 
mains we  are  assembled  to  render  them  the  last 
tribute  of  respect  and  atfection. 

''My  commission  is  not  to  present  for  your  ad- 
miration the  rare  and  decided  excellencies  of  his 
character,  and  recite  the  deeds  of  his  remarkable  life. 
All  such  eulogy,  eitlier  from  the  pulpit  or  the  press, 
he  strongl}^  deprecated.  A  just  regard  for  his 
wishes  on  that  subject,  repeatedly  and  explicitly  ex- 
pressed, measurably  restrains  utterances  for  which 
every  feeling  of  my  heart  pleads,  and  which  usage 
on  such  occasions  authorizes  you  to  expect. 

"  Happily  though  it  may  be  that  formal  panegy- 
ric was  never  more  deserved,  it  certainly  has  rarely, 
if  ever,  been  less  needed. 


Monumental  Church.  285- 

"He  who,  more  than  any  other  man,  was  honored 
as  the  tnsti-nment  in  raisin«;  the  clinrch  in  Virginia, 
from  what  was  pronounced  hopeless  extinction ;  who 
gave  to  this  work  his  early  manhood;  his  vigorous 
maturity,  and  the  wisdom  and  efficiency  of  advanced 
life ;  whose  extensive  .  itinerations  in  this  service, 
year  after  year,  for  more  than  half  a  century,  had 
made  his  name  a  household  word,  and  his  face 
familiar  tlu'oughout  the  diocese;  his  patriarchal 
presence  the  privilege  of  the  people,  and  his  wise 
instructions  prized  as  precious  precepts,  surely  he 
needs  no  formal  panegyric.  His  praise  is  in  all  the 
churches  of  his  care,  and  his  spiritual  childreti  are 
his  living  epistles  of  commendation,  written  not 
with  ink,  but  with  the  spirit  of  the  living  God,  not 
on  tablets  of  stone,  but  in  fleshly  tables  of  the  heart. 

"It  was  unusual  to  iind  our  good  bishop  here  at 
this  time  of  the  year,  and  nothing  but  a  case  of 
great  importance  would  have  justified  his  leaving 
his  home  in  the  valley,  and  encountering  the  fatigue 
and  e'xposure  of  tlie  tedious  journey.  Such  he 
deemed  the  acccmplishment  of  the  consecration  of 
Dr.  Wilmer.  Repeated  arrangements  had  been  pro- 
posed to  effect  it  without  the  presence  of  our  vener- 
able bishop,  for  we  were  unwilling  that  a  life  so  in- 
valuable should  be  subjected  to  the  least  unnecessary 
danger.  But  when  all  other  arrangements  failed, 
and  he  was  informed  that  Richmond  was  selected 
for  another  experiment,  which  would  also  be  unsuc- 
cessful for  the  want  of  the  requisite  number  of  con- 
secrators,   unless   he   could  be  here,   he    thought  his. 


286  History  of  the 

duty  clear,  and  though  laboring  under  a  deep  seated 
cold,  he  essayed,  and  accomplished  tlie  journey  on 
a  very  inclement  day,  and  under  circumstances  of 
great  discomfort.  Tlie  result  was  the  serious  aggra- 
vation of  this  malady,  rendering  it  exceedingly 
doubtful  whether  he  would,  after  all  his  efforts,  be 
able  to  unite  in  the  consecration.  When  the  day 
appointed  came,  he  was  in  truth  more  fitted  for  the 
repose  of  his  chamber  and  couch  than  for  the  ser- 
vices of  the  chancel.  But  with  a  resolution  and 
energy  which  never  failed  him  when  duty  seemed 
plain,  he  roused  his  enfeebled  physical  powers  to 
action  just  adequate  to  the  emergency,  and  came 
only  when  his  presence  could  no  longer  be  dispensed 
with,  and  officiated  merely  in  the  act  of  consecra- 
tion. As  he  moved  slowly  up  the  aisle  to  liis  seat 
in  the  chancel,  the  impairment  of  his  once  powerful 
frame  was  affectingly  apparent.  And  when  the 
bishops  present  helped  him  fi'om  his  (;hair  to  his  feet, 
and  supported  and  united  witli  him  in  the  imposition 
of  hands,  whilst  that  voice,  once  of  so  much  sweet- 
ness and  compass, — now  tremulous  and  broken, — 
enunciated  with  difficulty  the  apostolic  commission, 
whose  heart  was  not  saddened  by  the  spectacle ! 

"It  proved  to  be  tlie  last  official  act  of  his  long, 
laborious,  faithful  and  fruitful  ministry, — an  act  to 
him  of  great  and  varied  interest  and  importance. 
It  elevated  to  the  episcopate  the  son  of  a  valued 
friend  and  fellow-laborer  in  the  successful  enter- 
prise of  resuscitating  tlie  church  in  Virginia.  It 
provided  an  active  and  earnest  and  capable  bishop 


Monumental  Church.  287 

to  snpplj  the  vacancy  in  the  diocese  of  Ahibama, 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  lamented  Bishop 
Cobbs;  and  it  unmistakably  declared  the  convic- 
tion of  the  church  in  the  several  Confederate  States, 
that  the  disruption  of  the  (dvil  government  rendered 
necessary  the  cessation  of  the  general  ecclesiastical 
system  under  which,  by  conventional  arrangement, 
the  different  dioceses  had  been  united,  and  conse- 
quently devolved  on  us  tlie  responsibility  of  perpet- 
uating evangelical  truth  and  order  in  our  churches 
by  independent  ecclesiastical  action. 

"It  was  its  significaucy  in  this  respect  that  gave 
the  consecration  of  Dr.  Wilmer  its  peculiar  interest 
to  Bishop  Meade,  and  decided  him  to  encounter  the 
exposure  and  fatigue  of  the  journey  to  Richmond, 
leaving  the  issue  in  the  hands  of  God.  The  impor- 
tant object  has  been  accomplished,  but,  to  us,  at 
a  cost  wliich  no  one  can  compute.  Tlie  mental  and 
corporeal  effort  required  produced  and  prolonged  an 
unnatural  excitement  in  the  bishop's  system,  wliich 
at  the  time  seemed  like  a'enuine  strenij;th  returnino^, 
and  as  he  mingled  so  genially  during  the  afternoon 
in  social  intercourse  with  his  brethren  and  friends, 
under  the  roof  where  he  had  been  received  and 
cherished  with  Christian  hospitality  and  fflial  devo- 
tion, we  were  ready  to  interpret  the  whole  transac- 
tion of  the  memorable  day  as  a  token  for  good,  full 
of  promise. 

"  But  our  exposition  of  the  scene  and  the  sequen- 
cies  was  sadly  mistaken.  The  apparent  glow  which 
gladdened  us  was  not  the    animation   of  returning 


288  History  of  the 

health,  but  of  the  nature  of  those  unaccountable 
transient  rekindlings  which  precede  and  indicate  ap- 
proaching dissolution.  The  inspiriting  influence  of 
the  impressive  occasion  declined  as  the  interval  in- 
creased, and  was  not  renewed.  An  accession  of  dis- 
(!ase,  an  increasing  embarrassment  of  vital  organs, 
soon  became  apparent.  The  chronic  affection  of  the 
heart,  of  which  for  years  he  was  conscious,  and  from 
which  lie  long  expected  sudden  deatli,  now  developed 
itself  in  fearful  action. 

"  For  several  days  and  nights  his  manly  frame 
bore  tlie  assault  with  extraordinary  powers  of  endur- 
ance, and  his  Christian  spirit,  strengthened  by  the 
word  of  God,  sustained  his  great  bodily  sufferings 
with  exemplary  patience.  'Head  me,'  he  said  to  a 
friend,  'a  portion  of  the  sacred  Scriptures.'  'What 
shall  I  read  V  'The  history  of  the  crucifixion;'  and 
when  this  was  done,  he  observed,  'Yes,  six  hours  did 
our  Lord  suffer  the  intense  agony  of  the  cross,  and 
that  for  us — for  our  sins — and  shall  we  complain  of 
our  sufferings  ?  TJie  cup  wdiich  my  Father  liath' 
given  me,  shall  I  not  drink  it !'  Throughout  the 
severe  struggle  of  nature  his  mind  was  clear,  his 
faith  strong,  and  hope  steadfast. 

"  Few  things  impressed  me  more,  during  tlie  last 
days  of  his  life,  than  his  perfect  naturalness.  Af- 
fectation in  every  form  and  degree  was  always  dis- 
gusting to  him ;  what  are  termed  scenes  in  connec- 
tion with  religious  character  and  experience,  es- 
pecially on  the  supposed  nearness  of  death,  he  re- 
garded  with   no  favor.      He  was  so  accustomed   to- 


\ 


Monumental  Church.  289^' 

carry  his  religion  about  with  liiin  in  all  his  inter- 
course with  men,  and  all  liis  secular  business,  and 
so  in  the  habit  of  bearing  botli  with  him  in  his 
hours  of  devotion  at  a  throne  of  grace,  that  they 
were  not  kept  separate  and  apart,  as  if  incompatible, 
but  intermingled  continually  in  his  thoughts  and 
sympathies,  and  came  out  in  close  relation  in  his 
speech.  It  was  strikingl}^  and  instructively  so  dur- 
ing his  last  illness.  In  health  lie  habitually  tliought 
and  acted  as  if  there  were  but  a  step  between  him 
and  death,  judgment  and  eternity  ;  and  when  he  knew 
and  said  that  the  ensuing  night  and  followinij  day 
would  end  his  connexion  with  earth,  the  welfare  of 
his  country  and  the  interests  of  liis  friends  were  as 
near  his  heart,  and  as  emphatically  on  his  lips,  as  if 
he  expected  to  share  their  portion  here  for  many 
years. 

"To  one  of  his  respected  presl>yters,  who  was  at 
his  bedside  taking  leave  of  him,  he  thus  closed  his 
solemn  counsel,  '  Speak  boldly  to  your  people.  Tell 
them  to  persevere  in  sustaining  tlieir  countrv  in  this- 
struggle.  The  war  against  ns  is  iniquitous.  I  am 
persuaded  God  is  with  us,  and  will  give  us  success.^ 

"  He  knew  that  the  courageous  spirit  of  a  livino* 
general  would  not  be  hindered,  but  helped,  by  tlie  pre- 
sence and  power  of  the  constraining  love  of  Christ 
and  he  had  no  fear  that  the  faitli  and  purity  of  a 
dying  bishop  would  be  impaired  by  tlie  glow  of  2;en- 
uine  patrotism. 

"He  was  on  his  death-bed  precisely  what  we  all 
saw  him   to  be  in   life,  except   his   sufferings.      Oa 
19 


290  History  of  the 

Thursda\'  morning,  the  day  before  his  deatli,  (14:th 
March,  1862,)  he  requested  others  who  wore  present 
to  retire,  that  he  might  communicate  something  to 
me  in  private.  Wlien  we  were  alone,  he  said,  '  I 
■wish  to  bear  my  testimony  on  some  things  of  im- 
portance. The  views  of  evangelical  truth  and  order 
which  I  have  held  and  advocated  for  fifty  years  I 
approve,  and  exhort  my  brethren,  north  and  south, 
to  promote  more  than  ever.  My  course  in  civil  af- 
fairs I  also  approve,  resistance  to  secession  at  first, 
till  circumstances  made  it  unavoidable.  I  trust  the 
south  will  persevere  in  separation.  I  believe  there 
are  thousands  in  the  north  who  condemn  the  course 
of  their  administration  towards  us,  and  in  time  will 
express  themselves  openly.  The  prospect  of  rest 
from  sin  and  suffering  is  attractive,  though  I  am  will- 
ing to  remain  and  take  my  part  in  tlie  labors  and 
trials  which  may  be  before  us.  My  hope  is  in 
Christ,  the  Rock  of  ages.  I  have  no  fear  of  death, 
and  this,  not  from  my  courage,  but  from  my  faith. 
The  present  seems  a  proper  time  for  my  departure. 
I  am  at  peace  with  God  through  Jesus  Christ  ray 
Lord,  and  in  charity  with  all  men,  even  our  bitterest 
encinies.  All  that  has  ever  been  said  in  commenda- 
tion of  me  I  loathe  and  abhor,  as  utterly  inconsistent 
with  ni}^  consciousness  of  sin.  I  commend  you  and 
all  my  brethren  to  the  tender  mercies  of  Christ,  and 
pray  for  His  blessing  upon  the  church  in  Virginia.' 
"When  he  ceased  I  withdrew  to  the  adjoining 
room,  and  in  conformity  with  his  suggestion,  im- 
mediately committed  the  testimony  to  writing,  and 


Monumental  Chuech.  291 

availed  myself  of  the  earliest  opportunity  to  read  it 
to  him,  and  receive  his  affirmation  of  its  accuracy. 

"  Such,  beloved  bretliren,  was  the  special  commis- 
sion to  which  I  referred,  and  from  the  painful  execu- 
tion of  which  I  could  not  shrink.  The  message  is  duly 
delivered.  Tlie  weighty  words  of  the  wise  leader — 
his  legacy  of  love — are  with  you.  Death  has  since 
sealed  his  lips  in  silence.  He  has  fought  a  good 
fight,  finished  his  course,  kept  the  faith,  received 
the  crown  of  righteousness,  and  entered  into  his 
glorious  rest.  If  the  gift  which  I  covet  fou  you  and 
myself,  '  a  double  portion  of  his  spirit,'  depended  on 
the  condition  named  to  Elisha,  that  blessing  would 
be  ours,  for  I  witnessed  his  departure,  and  cried 
from  my  heart,  '  ^ij  Father,  my  Father,  the  chariot 
of  Israel  and  the  horsemen  thereof.'  Our  bereave- 
ment, the  bereavement  of  our  church  and  country, 
how  inexpressibly  afflicting ! 

"  What  can  we  do — to  whom  ran  we  go  in  our 
sorrow  and  bewilderment,  but  to  Jesus,  who  was 
anointed  to  bind  up  the  broken  hearted,  to  appoint 
to  those  who  mourn  beauty  for  ashes  ;  the  oil  of  joy 
for  mourning,  and  the  garment  of  praise  for  the 
spirit  of  heaviness.  What  can  we  tell  Him,  but 
that  we  can  have  no  compensation  for  our  great 
loss,  but  his  own  self,  by  the  special  gift  of  the 
Comforter,  and  so  pray  humbly  and  eai*nestly  and 
perseveringly,  '  Come,  Lord  Jesus,  manifest  Thyself 
to  us  with  greater  vividness  and  power;  draw  us 
into  more  intimate  and  transforming  fellowship  with 
Thee;  come,  perfect  Th}"  strength  in  us,  and  possess 
our  hearts  more  and  more  with  Thv  love;  enligliten 


292  History  of  the 

our  understanding  with  the  ilhimination  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  that  all  our  wishes  and  desires  may 
centre  in  the  advancement  of  Thy  glory,  and  the 
salvation  of  Thy  people.'  So,  dear  brethren,  the 
prayer  of  onr  departed  fatlier  in  God  for  us  all  will 
be  soon  and  fully  answered.  'The  tender  mercies 
of  Christ  will  be  upon  us,  and  His  blessing  upon  the 
church  in  Virginia.' " 

A  note  found  among  the  papers  of  Bishop  Meade 
contains  the  only  record  of  his  services  since  the 
last  convention,  viz:  He  admitted  to  deacon's  or- 
ders, Averet,  G.  Y.  Macdona  and  R.  J.  Baker.  In 
June  he  confirmed  in  Staunton,  and  in  December  he 
preached  and  confirmed  fifteen  in  Winchester.  He 
preached  twice  in  Millwood;  once  in  Petersburg; 
twice  in  Columbia,  S.  C, — the  first  sermon  being 
the  opening  discourse  at  the  convention  which 
framed  the  proposed  constitution  for  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  in  the  Confederate  States. 

The  chur(;h  was  crowded  on  the  occasion  of 
Bishop  Meade's  funeral.  At  tlie  conclusion  of  Bishop 
Johns'  address,  his  remains  were  carried  to  Holly- 
wood Cemetery,  where,  after  the  usual  service  at 
the  grave,  they  were  deposited  in  a  private  vault, 
the  use  of  which  was  kindly  allowed  by  Mr.  John 
C.  Shafer,  of  Richmond,  until  the  wishes  of  the 
family  as  to  their  last  resting  place  could  be  as- 
certained. 

During  the  following  year,  the  family  having,  at  its 
request,  committed  them  to  the  charge  of  the  diocese, 
they  were  removed  from  this  place  of  temporary  de- 
posit to  a  very    suitable    section  in   the    cemetery, 


Monumental  Church.  293 

which  had  been  provided  by  the  generous  contribu- 
tions of  a  number  of  persons  in  Richmond.  In 
1876,  the  11th  of  November,  they  were  transferred 
to  the  cemetery  of  the  Episcopal  Theological  Semi- 
nary, near  Alexandria,  at  the  suggestion  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  dio- 
cese, and  with  the  approl)ation  of  all  the  parties 
concerned,  not  excepting  those  who  so  kindly  united 
in  the  purchase  of  the  lot  from  which  they  w^ere 
then  removed.  There  they  now  repose,  along  with 
those  of  Bishops  Johns  and  Payne,  and  Drs.  Keith 
and  Sparrow.  By  a  singular  coincidence,  this  final 
interment  was  the  anniversary  of  Bishop  Meade's 
birthday.  The  monument,  wdiich  had  been  previ- 
ously erected  by  the  diocese,  was  also  transferred 
from  Hollywood,  and  placed  over  him  in  the  ceme- 
tery of  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  bears  this  in- 
scription : 

{On  the  south  side.) 
Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the 
RIGHT   REV.    WILLIAM   MEADE,   D.  D., 
Third  Bishop  of  Virginia, 
Born  in  Clarke  Co.,  Va.,  November  11,  1789, 
Died  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  March  14,  1802. 
{North  side.) 
Prominent  in  the  revival  of  the  church  after  the  revolution- 
ary war  ;  he  was   the  zealous  defender  of   its  purity,  and  the 
founder  and  liberal  patron  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Vir- 
ginia. 

(  West  side.) 

He  lived  for  Christ,  died  in  Christ,  and  we  believe  is  now  with 
Christ. 

{East  side. ) 

Memorial  of  love  and  veneration  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  in  Virginia. 


294 


History  of  the 


1863. 

The  meeting  of  the  convention  was  again  held  in 
St.  Paul's  churcli, .  Riclunond,  owing  to  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  civil  wai-,  and  all  other  places  cut 
off  by  the  Federal  army. 

Morning  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Piatt  and  Rev.  John  Grammer;  and  the  convention 
sermon  preached  by  Rev.  J.  Peterkin,  D.  D.,  of  St. 
James  cliurch,  Richmond,  from  2  Corinthians,  1st 
chapter,  24th  verse. 

After  divine  service,  the  council  met  in  the  lecture- 
room,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  Bishop,  Riglit 
Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Dr.  Wood  bridge  presented  the  resignation 
of  Col.  John  W.  Atkinson,  as  secretary  of  tlie 
council,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  D.  F.  Sprigg,  Rev.  T.  G. 
Dashiell  was  elected  secretary,  and  on  motion  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Mason,  Rev.  J.  D.  Powell  was  elected 
assistant  secretary. 

There  were  present  upon  this  meeting  48  clergy- 
men and  43  laymen,  and  the  council  was  in  session 
but  three  days. 

This  session  was  a  deeply  interesting  one,  and  the 
bishop's  annual  address  and  committee's  report  on 
the  "  state  of  the  church  "  particularly  so ;  for  our 
State  was  then  suffering  most  severely  under  the 
heavy  trials  of  war,  and  every  one  was  called  upon 
to  exercise  the  utmost  self-denial,  and  personal  as 
well  as  moral  courage. 

A  portion  of  that  report  may  not  be  out  of  place. 


Monumental  Church.  295 

even  in  tliis  history,  which  appertains  mostly  to  that 
of  hnt  CMC  church  in  the  diocese;  it  says,  "To  onr 
ministers,  especially  at  this  crisis,  we  would  say,, 
what  is  wanted  is  not  sermons  on  the  times  and  the 
war,  and  the  objects  of  our  country's  hopes.  We 
need  not  preach  to  the  soldiers  about  war  and  camp 
and  battles;  they  hear  and  think  enough  of  that 
without  our  help.  What  they  want  and  expect  of 
us,  as  ministers  of  Christ,  is  just  the  glad  tidings  of 
salvation,  just  the  eternal  message  of  grace  and  love 
to  perishing  sinners.  We  venture  to  say  that  no 
chaplain,  and  no  missionary  to  the  army  or  to  hos- 
pitals, will  do  their  work  efficiently  and  faithfully, 
unless  thc}^  speak  as  to  immortal  souls,  standing 
face  to  face  with  God;  unless  they  preach  Christ 
and  Ilim  cruciiied,  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation 
to  those  who  believe. 

"This  we  would  lay  as  a  solemn  injunction  upon 
all  our  ministers,  but  especially  upon  our  chaplains, 
missionaries,  and  all  who  labor  for  the  army. 

"In  every  relation  of  life  it  holds  good,  and  to 
every  class  of  men  it  applies,  and  the  blessing  of 
God's  Holy  Spii-it  rests  on  us  only  as  we  faithfully 
preach  His  word,  and  convey  to  perishing  sinners 
the  knowledge  of  the  love  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord." 

The  above  is  but  a  short  extract  of  that  interest- 
ing report  for  1863,  on  the  "state  of  the  church," 
for  it  runs  through  eight  pages  of  closely  printed  mat- 
ter of  the  journal  of  that  year,  and  will  well  repay 


296  History  of  the 

the  reader  who  peruses  its  contents.     It  is  signed  by 

the  following  clergymen  and  laymen: 

Rev.  Charles  Minnigerode, 
Hev.  R.  K.  Meade, 
Rev.  John  Grammer, 
Rev,  Wm.  H.  Platt, 
Judge  Thos.  S.  Gholson, 
Mr.  N.  H.  Massie, 
Mr.  John  L.  Bacon, 
Mr,  p.  H.  Foster. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector;  and  Mr. 
George  W.  Williams,  lay  delegate.  Communicants, 
208  ;  contributions,  $4,226.60. 

The  vestry  of  tlie  Monumental  Church  held  but 
two  meetings  during  the  liscal  year  ending  with 
November,  1864. 

The  first  wiis  on  the  7th  December,  1863,  when 
the  rector's  salary  was  determined  should  be  raised 
;to  $4,000,  in  consequence  of  the  depreciation  of  the 
^Confederate  currency,  and  the  corresponding  in- 
'crease  in  prices  of  food  and  other  necessaries  of  liv- 
ing. The  music  committee  also  made  a  verbal  re- 
port at  this  meeting  of  its  inability  to  procure  as  yet 
lanother  organist.  The  other  meeting  was  held  on 
tthe  15th  of  May  following,  and  the  appointment  of 
Mr,  George  W.  Williams  as  the  lay  delegate  to  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  council,  to  be  held  in  St. 
Paul's  churcli,  Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  18th  in- 
stant. 


Monumental  Church.  297 

18  64. 

The  council  for  the  diocese  met  in  St.  Paul's 
<^hui-cli,  Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  18th  May. 

But  twenty-sev^en  clergymen,  including  the  bishop, 
and  eighteen  laymen,  composed  the  number  on  that 
meeting  of  tlie  council. 

The  distressing  consequences  of  the  civil  war, 
which  still  raged  in  our  State,  and  through  the  other 
southern  States,  was  the  cause  of  so  small  an  atten- 
dance. 

Bishop  Jolms'  annual  report  to  the  council  of  that 
year  is  again  deeply  interesting,  and  as  a  matter  of 
Virginia  historj^  for  those  who  are  to  live  after  us, 
as  well  as  those  too  young  at  that  time  to  appreci- 
ate and  realize  what  was  passing  around  us,  it  may 
be  inserted  here  to  a  limited  extent,  and  give  some 
additional  interest  to  the  reader  of  this  history. 

Bishop  Johns  says:  "I  cannot  refrain  from  pre- 
facing the  report  with  a  grateful  acknowledgment 
of  the  goodness  of  God  extended  to  us  during  the 
past  year.  Not  only  has  He  in  many  instances  sig- 
nally interposed  to  preserve  us  from  the  persisting 
violence  of  our  enemies,  but  He  has  compassed  us 
about  with  manifold  and  great  mercies — sustaining 
us  in  tJie  discharge  of  our  several  duties,  and  ac- 
companying their  performance  with  His  grace  and 
benediction.  Though  He  has  not  yet  caused  war  to 
cease.  He  has  so  strengthened  us  for  the  otherwise 
unequal  couiiict,  and  crowned  us  with  such  success 
as  to  inspire  us  with  good  hope  that  He  designs  our 
chastisements  to  prepare   us  to  appreciate   and  im- 


298  History  of  the 

prove  the  blessing  which  He  purposes  to  bestow  in 
the  establishment  of  our  complete  and  lasting  na- 
tional independence." 

In  the  same  report,  under  date  of  the  3rd  June, 
Bishop  Johns  says:  "I  visited  the  army  on  the  Kap- 
pahannock,  to  make  such  arrangements  as  might  be 
found  expedient  to  enable  my  brethren  of  the  clergy 
to  render  most  effe(^tively  such  missionary  services 
as  were  contemplated  by  the  resolution  of  the  last 
council. 

"When  I  arrived,  the  several  divisions  had  re- 
ceived marching  orders,  and  before  many  hours  had 
elapsed  all,  with  the  exception  of  those  brought  up 
in  front  of  Fredericksburg,  to  resist  a  demonstration 
of  the  enemy  at  that  point,  had  ujoved  for  active 
service  elsewhere.  My  own  observation,  and  con- 
ference with  those  most  competent  to  furnish  infor- 
mation, satisfied  me  that,  even  when  the  army  is 
stationary,  it  would  not  l)e  wise  to  make  formal  ap- 
pointments in  advance  for  those  who  tendered  their 
services  under  the  resolution  of  the  last  council,  nor 
is  this  necessary.  Ample  opportunity  for  officiating 
on  any  day,  as  often  as  one's  physical  strength  would 
permit,  is  readily  afforded  l>y  those  in  authority; 
and  at  any  time,  when  not  on  duty,  the  officers  and 
soldiers  are  pleased  to  assemble  at  the  church  call,, 
and  either  in  some  chapel,  or  under  some  extensive 
arbor,  or  in  some  grove  selected  for  the  purpose, 
form  a  congregation,  whicli  in  number,  attention, 
and  reverence,  cannot  fail  to  stir  up  all  that  is  with- 
in a  minister  to   greater   effort  for   their    spiritual 


I 


Monumental  Church.  299' 

benefit,  and  the  Master's  glory.  So  I  have  commn- 
nicated  with  my  brethren,  assuring  them  of  my 
readiness  to  facilitate  their  entrance  upon  this  invit- 
ing field  of  usefulness,  and  tlius  have  endeavored  to 
discharge  the  responsibility  devolved  upon  me  by 
the  action  of  the  council. 

'•  For  the  information  of  the  diocese,  and  for  in- 
struction and  encouragement  in  reference  to  con- 
tinued and  increasing  efforts  on  behalf  of  those 
devoted  men  wlio  are  nobly  enduring  hardship,  and 
periling  life  itself  in  our  protection,  I  have  requested 
those  ol  the  clergy  who  have  had  it  in  their  power 
to  participate  in  these  missionary  services,  to  state 
it  in  connection  with  their  parochial  reports. 

"For  one  and  all  who  were  thus  privileged,  1 
hazard  nothing  in  testifying  that  their  only  regret 
was  that  they  could  not  labor  longer  when  their 
ministrations  were  so  gratefully  received,  and  in 
many  instances  manifestly  owned  and  blessed  of 
God. 

"June  3. — On  my  arrival  at  Hamilton's  Cross- 
ings, I  was  met  by  the  Rev.  J.  McGill,  chaplain  in 
the  52nd  Virginia  regiment,  who  informed  me  that 
in  the  Rockbridge  artillery  company,  tlien  encamped 
in  the  vicinity,  but  under  orders  to  march  in  a  few 
hours,  there  were  several  persons  anxious  to  be  con- 
firmed. The  necessary  arrangements  were  soon  made, 
and  at  5  P.  M.,  in  front  of  the  residence  of  Mr.  Mayre, 
I  preached  to  the  members  of  that  brave  band,  bap- 
tized one,  and  confirmed  six  of  their  number.  Be- 
fore the  next  dawn  tlieir  tents  had  disappeared,  and 


300  History  of  the 

they  were  moving  to  sliare  in  the  terrible  conflicts 
of  the  campaign.  During  tlie  interval  between  my 
arrival  and  this  service,  I  passed  some  time  at  head 
quarters,  in  communication  with  the  honored  and  be- 
loved commander  of  the  army  of  Nortliern  Virginia, 
in  reference  to  its  religious  improvement,  to  which 
his  example  and  counsel  happily  contribute.  If  in 
the  influence  and  life  of  tliis  Christian  general  and 
other  eminent  otiicers,  his  worthy  associates  in  our 
eventful  struggle  for  civil  and  religious  liberty,  we 
do  not  o-ratefully  recoirnize  a  most  significant  en- 
couragement  to  hope  for  a  successful  issue,  we 
would  be  justly  liable  to  the  charge  of  slowness  to 
perceive  the  tokens  for  good  which  have  been  vouch- 
safed to  us,  and  criminally  delinquent  in  the 
gratitude  which  they  should  awaken. 

"June  4. — in  (;ompany  witli  Genl.  Pendleton,  I 
rode  out  to  the  head-quarters  of  Genl.  Ewell,  re- 
cently appointed  to  the  command  vacated  by  tlie 
death  of  the  lamented  Genl.  Jackson.  The  inter- 
view assured  me  the  more,  the  good  providence  and 
grace  of  God  had  prepared  the  way  most  invitingly 
for  the  extension  of  the  gospel  in  tlie  army.  On 
the  same  day,  at  5  P.  M.,  I  preached  to  the  52nd 
Virginia  regiment,  under  an  arbor,  which,  though 
very  extensive,  did  not  cover  the  congregation. 

"The  Rev.  Mr.  McGiil,  the  chaplain  of  this  re- 
giment, reported  a  goodly  number  of  the  men  as 
earnestly  enquiring  '  what  they  must  do  to  be  saved.' 
Whilst  we  were  engaged  in  the  services,  a  courier 
arrived  with  orders  to  march  at  midnight. 


Monumental  Church.  301 

"June  5, — At  5  P.  M.  I  preached  near  Grace 
church,  Caroline  county,  to  the  division  under  com- 
mand of  Genl.  Heth.  It  was  deemed  best  to  offi- 
ciate in  tlie  open  air.  Taking  my  stand  at  the  rear 
of  the  building,  with  the  men  seated  on  the  grass, 
and  many  on  the  limbs  of  the  surrounding  trees,  I 
ministered  to  as  attentive  and  serious  a  congregation 
as  I  ever  addressed. 

"  The  chaplain  informed  me  that  here  also  many 
were  deeply  interested  on  the  subject  of  religion.  I 
had  announced  another  appointment  to  preach  for 
them  at  5  P.  M.  tlie  next  day,  but  again,  whilst  I 
was  preaching,  a  courier  came  with  the  intelligence 
that  the  enemy  had  opened  upon  our  troops  at 
Fredericksburg,  and  were  crossing  in  force  below 
the  town.  General  Heth's  command  was  ordered 
up.  They  marched  during  the  night  and  next  day  ; 
when  the  hour  of  my  appointment  arrived  there  wa& 
not  even  a  straggler  to  be  found  in  the  vicinity.  It 
was  an  anxious  day.  The  occasional  booming  of 
the  guns  from  the  heights  beyond  the  Rappahannock, 
the  discharge  of  musketry  between  the  skirmishers 
on  this  side,  and  the  roll  of  their  drums,  authorized 
the  anticipation  of  early  attack.  The  next  morning, 
accompanied  by  the  Rev  Mr.  Friend,  I  rode  np  to 
Hamilton's  Crossings,  to  see  if  there  would  be  an 
opportunity  for  a  public 'service,  and  if  not,  to  be  at 
hand  to  officiate  among  the  wounded,  should  a  battle 
ensue.  We  found  the  troops  which  had  been  brought 
up  in  battle  array,  not  knowing  at  what  moment  the 
enemy  might  attempt  to  advance.     All  liope  of  pnb- 


302  Htstoky  of  the 

lie  service  was  abandoned ;  very  soon,  however,  we 
were  called  on  by  Colonel  Leaventhorpe,  who  com- 
manded a  Noi-th  Carolina  regiment,  and  who  came 
to  say  tliat  lie  understood  I  was  willing  to  officiate, 
and  that,  though  his  officers  and  men  had  been  on 
the  march  during  the  night,  they  would  be  thankful 
if  we  would  conduct  service  for  them.  I  left  him 
to  arrange  time  and  place,  and  in  half  an  hour  he 
returned  to  accompany  us  to  an  orchard  in  the  rear 
of  the  trenches,  wliere  his  regiment  were  assembled 
to  unite  in  prayer  and  praise,  and  hear  the  word  of 
God.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Friend  read  tlie  morning  ser- 
vice, and  1  addressed  the  congregation.  Our  ap- 
propriate psalms  and  hymns  were  accompanied  by 
the  music  of  a  part  of  the  regiment  band,  which  had 
been  accustomed  to  render  such  assistance  by  the 
Rev.  Aristides  Smith,  their  chaplain,  M'ho  was  de- 
tained in  Petersl)urg  by  sickness. 

"We  had  scarcely  closed  the  solemn  exercises 
when  a  deputation  came  to  ask  for  a  service  in  the 
afternoon.  Neither  the  fatiguing  march  of  the  pre- 
ceding night,  nor  the  vicinity  of  a  formidable  foe, 
abated  their  interest  in  the  divinely  appointed  means 
of  grace,  nor  detained  them  from  their  admin- 
istration. We  may  learn  and  profit  by  tliis  whole- 
some example. 

"  That  same  regiment  was  in  the  hottest  of  the 
fight  at  Gettysburg,  and  proved  as  fearless  in  the 
service  of  their  country  as  they  were  ready  and  re- 
spectful in  the  worship  of  God. 

In  closing  his  annual    address  that   year  to  the 


J 


Monumental  Church.  303 

convention,  Bisliop  Johns  said:  "In  closing  this 
statement  of  the  atfaii'S  of  the  diocese  since  the 
meeting  of  the  last  council,  it  behooves  me  to  re- 
mark, what  the  report  itself  discloses,  that  though 
we  are  under  discipline,  our  God  has  not  forsaken 
us.  His  chastisements  have  been  mingled  witli 
many  mercies,  both  temporal  and  spiritual." 

In  the  report  of  the  ""state  of  the  church"  for  that 
year,  the  committee  have  the  following  among  other 
remarks : 

"Even  if  we  had  reports  from  all  our  parishes,  a 
view  of  the  state  of  the  church  at  this  time  would 
necessarily  involve  some  distinct  I'eference  to  the 
condition  of  our  army.  In  that  army  many  mem- 
bers of  our  communion  hold  distinguished  positions, 
and  show,  by  the  open  profession  of  their  faith,  that 
they  are  not  ashamed  of  Christ. 

"When  we  contemplate  the  religious  influence  so 
widely  prevalent  among  our  troops,  we  tliank  God 
and  take  courage.  While  we  know  much  evil  has 
been  developed  by  the  existing  war,  yet  so  many  of 
our  soldiers  and  chief  officers  are  consistent  Chris- 
tians, that,  on  the  whole,  we  believe  the  name  of 
Christ  is  now  more  widely  honored  than  in  our  for- 
mer times  of  peace.  The  trials  of  war  have  led 
men  to  feel  their  dependence  on  divine  aid,  and  the 
tented  field  has  very  generally  become  a  house  of 
prayer. 

"  We  thank  God  for  the  good  accomplished  in  the 
army  by  our  Christian  bretln-en  generally,  but  we 
lament  that  we  ourselves  have  so  few  chaplains  with 


304  History  of  the 

our  troops.  The  camp  prayer-book,  publislied  by 
executive  committee  of  our  diocesan  missionary 
society,  has,  in  some  measure,  supplied  this  want, 
by  enabling  many  of  our  soldiers  to  hold  edifying  re- 
ligious services  without  the  assistance  of  a  minister; 
and  we  believe  also  that  rhe  Holy  Spirit  is  working,, 
without  the  use  of  any  visible  means,  to  bring  men 
to  the  knowledge  and  practice  of  the  truth.  We 
rejoi(;e,  too,  that  the  bishop  and  many  of  the  paro- 
chial clergy  have,  to  some  extent,  found  time  ta 
labor  in  the  army;  and  we  feel  sure  that  their  labors 
'have  not  been  in  vain.'" 

This  report,  which  is  perhaps  the  shortest  ever 
made  to  the  council,  in  consequence  of  the  advanced 
state  of  the  war,  and  no  other  place  in  the  diocese 
])ut  Richmond  affording  protection  to  the  few  of 
the  clergy  and  laity  who  were  able  to  attend,  closes 
with  one  or  two  sentences  relative  to  training  the 
young;  and  is  signed  by  the  following: 

Rev.  J.  Peterkin, 
Rev.  J.  T.  Johnston, 
Rev.  Wm.  Norwood, 
Rev.  R.  K.  Meade, 
Mr.  R.  C.  L.  Moncure, 
Mr.  David  Funstejst. 

Parochial    report    of    the    Monumental    Church,. 
Richmond. — Rev.    Geo.    Woodbridge,    rector,    and 
Mr.    George    W.    Williams,    \aj    delegate.       Com- 
municants, 240;  contributions,  $8,340.54. 

"  I  have  visited  the  army,  but  it  was  in  the  midst; 


Monumental  Church.  SOS" 

of  tlie  engagements  which   were   begun  on  the  6th' 
of  May,  and  tliere  was  no  opportunity  for  service. 

Geo.  Woodbeidge." 

The  vestry  held  two  meetings  during  the  fiscal 
year,  ending  with  November,  1865.  The  first  was 
on  the  19th  December,  1861,  at  which  time  the 
rector's  salary  was  raised  to  $10,000  ;  one  thousand 
for  the  organist ;  twelve  hundred  to  Mrs.  Locker- 
man,  chief  singer;  and  seven  hundred  to  the  sexton, 
in  the  then  Confederate  currency. 

At  this  meeting  Mr.  Ricliard  C.  H;dl,  a  worthy  com- 
muning member  of  the  congregation,  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  vestry,  in  the  place  of  Mr.  John. 
Adams  Smith,  who  died  on  the  21:th  July. 

The  next  meetnig  was  held  on  the  17th  Septem- 
ber, 1865,  when  an  election  of  a  lay  delegate  was 
made  to  the  annual  meeting  of  tlie  council,  called 
on  the  21st  of  same  month  in  St.  Paul's  church,, 
Hichmond,  and  Mr.  Geo.  D.  Fisher  was  chosen  the 
lay  delegate  from  the  Monumental  Clmi-ch. 

In  consequence  of  the  evacuation  of  Richmond  by 
the  Confederate  government,  on  the  3rd  of  April, 
and  the  incoming  of  the  Federal  United  States  army 
the  same  day,  and  the  surrender  of  General  Lee  at 
Appomattox  C.  H.,  the  9tli  of  that  month,  the  war 
was  regarded  at  an  end;  but  the  breaking  up  of  so 
many  of  the  public  highways,  and  the  dispersed 
state  of  our  clergy  and  laitj^  tlie  regular  period  in 
May  for  the  meeting  of  the  council  had  to  be  put 
off  until  September,  hence  the  meeting  on  the  21st.. 

20 


306  History  of  the 

1865. 
The  Late  Civil  War  ended. 

Pursuant  to  the  appointment  of  the  bishop,  the 
70th  council  of  the  diocese  of  Virginia  met  in  St, 
Paul's  church,  Richmond,  on  Wednesday,  20th  Sep- 
tember, 1865, 

Divine  service  was  read  by  the  Rev,  W.  L.  Hy- 
land  and  Rev,  John  Cosby,  and  the  sermon  preached 
by  the  Rev,  Geo.  H.  Norton,  upon  the  11th  and  12th 
verses  of  the  21st  chapter  of  Isaiah  ;  and  after  ser- 
vice the  council  adjourned  to  the  lecture-room,  and 
was  called  to  order  by  Bishop  Johns,  The  secre- 
tary, Rev.  T,  Grayson  Dashiell,  called  the  roll,  when 
sixty-six  of  the  clergy  answered  to  their  names,  and 
thirty -six  lay  delegates  reported  as  also  present. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  iiis  annual  address  of  this  year, 
commences  by  informing  the  council  that  all  his  ap- 
pointments for  May,  1864,  were  frustrated,  and  his 
services  confined  of  necessity  to  the  servants  of  the 
plantation  on  which  he  resided,  and  others  in  the 
vicinity. 

From  the  second  of  July,  that  year,  to  the  16th 
April,  1865,  the  bishop  continues  his  report  of  each 
month,  and  the  difficulties  which  often  attended  his 
movements  south  of  James  river,  as  well  as  in  the 
valley,  all  owing  to  the  movements  of  the  Federal 
army  and  our  own,  according  to  circumstances.  But 
,now,  under  date  of  the  16th  of  April,  1865,  the 
great  struggle  is  over  ;  our  devoted  and  gallant  Lee 
has  felt  it  his  duty  to  surrender  to  the  military 
authority  of  the  United  States  under  General  Grant, 
and  Bishop  Johns  thus  addresses  the  council : 


Monumental  Church.  307 

"  I  preached  in  St.  John's,  and  on  the  23rd  (March) 
in  Christ  church,  Halifax.  As  soon  as  1  received 
reliable  intelligence  of  the  entire  failure  of  the  pain- 
ful and  protracted  struggle  for  the  independence  of 
the  Confederate  States,  and  tlie  re-establishment  of 
the  Federal  authority,  I  felt  it  incumbent  upon  me  to 
prepare  a  brief  circular,  addressed  to  the  clergy  and 
laity  of  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  recognizing  the  duty 
of  prompt  and  lionest  obedience  to  the  existing  gov- 
ernment, and  the  oldigation  '  to  pray  for  those  in 
authority.'  For  tliis  purpose  I  had  no  hesitation  in 
recommending  the  use  of  that  form  to  which  we  had 
long  been  accustomed,  and  from  which  any  deviation 
now  might  be  liable  to  the  suspicion  of  unbecoming 
subterfuge. 

"Further  reflection  has  but  strenghtened  my  con- 
viction of  the  propriety  of  my  course,  and  of  the  in- 
sufficiency of  the  considerations  which  have  been 
urged  in  support  of  a  policy  somewhat  different. 
Whatever  may  be  the  character  and  relation  of  the 
military  agencies  appointed  in  certain  localities, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  in  reference  to  the  president 
of  the  United  States  and  other  civil  officers  of  the 
general  government.  'They  are  unquestionably  in 
authorit3^'  To  them  the  prayer  is  strictly  appli- 
cable, and  for  them  it  should  be  offered,  even  by 
those  who  scruple  to  use  it  on  behalf  of  others.  It 
has  been  gravely  asserted  that  the  order  prohibiting 
the  omission  of  that  prayer  in  our  public  worship  is 
an  invasion  of  our  religious  liberty,  and  as  such 
should  not  be  regarded.     I  am  happy  to  say  that 


308  History  of  the 

my  own  action,  tliough  delayed  in  its  transmission 
to  many  of  the  parishes,  by  the  interruption  of  all 
mail  communication  ante-dated  any  extra-ecclesias- 
tical order  concerning  the  prayer.  I  was,  there- 
fore, at  the  time  under  no  apprehension  of  even 
seeming  to  surrender  religious  liberty  to  what  has 
been  pronounced  unlawful  dictation.  Trutli  and 
justice,  however,  require  me  now  to  say,  that  whether 
that  requisition  was  advisable  or  not,  I  cannot  see 
that  it  is  justly  liable  to  any  such  odious  charge. 
The  prayer  which  includes  nothing  to  which  an  en- 
lightened conscience  need  take  exception  is  not  a 
new  form  prepared  and  enjoined  upon  us  by  the 
'powers  that  be,'  but  our  own  adopted  form,  which 
has  been  used  by  the  church  for  tlirce  quarters  of  a 
century.  Its  discontinuance  at  this  particular  junc- 
ture would  inevitably  be  regarded  as  a  public  reflec- 
tion on  the  civil  authorit}' ;  that  it  would  insist,  as  it 
has  done,  that  no  such  ofi'ensive  change  in  the  service 
of  the  church  shall  now  be  made,  but  that  those 
services  shall,  in  this  respect,  and  for  this  reason,  be 
conducted  as  heretofore,  avoiding  an  omission  which 
would  be  considered  a  formal  slight  and  indignity 
offered  to  the  government,  appears  to  me  rather  an 
act  of  self-protection  than  of  officious  and  unlawful 
dictation. 

"  Even  if  the  requisition  were  an  improper  inter- 
ference, I  see  not  how  this  could  absolve  us  from 
that  which  is  in  itself,  and  independently  of  any  ac- 
tion of  others,  a  clear  duty  expressly  enjoined  in 
Scripture.     It  may  be   humiliating   and   painful  in 


Monumental  Church.  309 

practice,  but  not  more  so  than  other  mortifications 
of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  whicli  are  not,  therefore,  less 
obhgatory,  less  salutary,  or  less  acceptable  in  the 
sight  of  God.  I  trust,  then,  we  will  not  be  dis- 
turbed by  other  opinions,  whicli,  however  pleasantly 
presented,  I  must  disapprove  as  fallacious,  or  suffer 
ourselves  to  be  deterred  from  a  clear  duty  by  the 
imputation  of  surrendering  to  military  authority  our 
precious  lieritage  of  religious  liberty.  For  some 
time  after  the  war  had  ceased,  I  was,  as  I  have 
stated,  isolated  from  other  parts  of  the  diocese  by 
the  entire  interruption  of  public  travel,  and  of  all 
communication  by  mail.  I  availed  myself,  however, 
of  the  earliest  opportunity  to  make  my  way  to  Pe- 
tersburg and  Richmond,  and  had  no  difticulty  in  ex- 
tending m}'^  journey  to  Alexandria. 

"  It  was  gratifying  to  find  the  congregations  of  St. 
Paul's  and  Grace  churches  in  possession  of  their 
houses  of  worship,  and  ministered  to  by  their  respec- 
tive rectors.  The  buildings  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary and  the  high  school,  and  the  residences  of  the 
professors,  were  still  held  by  the  government  for 
hospital  purposes;  but  it  was  understood  that  they 
would  be  vacated  and  returned  to  us  in  time  to  pre- 
pare for  resuming  the  exercises  of  the  seminary  at 
about  the  usual  period." 

The  bishop  continues  his  report,  under  date  of  the 
13th  August,  saying :  "  Understanding  that  our  ap- 
plication to  the  secretary  of  war  for  the  restoration 
of  the  property  in  charge  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  and  high  school,  had 


310  History  of  the 

been  successful,  I  returned  to  Alexandria  to  partici- 
pate in  arrangements  for  the  purpose  of  resuming 
the  exercises  of  the  seminary  at  the  commencement 
of  next  session. 

"  I  am  happy  to  report  that  Professors  Sparrow 
and  Packard  are  again  occupying  their  houses,  and 
that  the  several  halls  will  be  ready  for  the  reception 
of  students,  as  advertised,  in  October  next. 

"  Funds  for  the  salaries  of  our  professors  have 
been  most  providentially  ol)tained,  but  we  shall  much 
need  aid  in  maintaining  our  beneficiaries,  for  which 
we  appeal  earnestl}^  to  those  who  appreciate  the  im- 
portance of  this  institution  to  the  church. 

''  I  have  received  letters  of  Christian  sympathy 
from  brethren  in  the  north,  none  more  full  of  fra- 
ternal affection  tlum  a  communication  from  the 
bishop  of  New  York,  very  delicately  alluding  to  the 
devastating  eiFects  of  the  war  on  this  diocese,  and 
tendering  assistance  to  our  parishes  from  the  treasury 
of  the  missionary  society  of  his  diocese.  I  need  not 
say  to  you  that  I  very  cordially  reciprocated  the 
kind  feeling  expressed,  and  gratefully  acknowledged 
the  generous  offer  so  delicately  made;  but  believing 
that  our  clergy  had  learned  to  endure  hardships  as 
'good  soldiers  of  Christ,' and  knowing  that  whatever 
of  their  substance  was  left  to  our  parishioners  they 
were  prepared  to  share  with  their  pastors  for  their 
support,  and  believing  the  bonds  so  formed  would 
be  better  for  us,  in  many  ways,  than  the  measure  of 
relief  which  might  result  from  the  benevolent  con- 
tribution proposed,  I  did  not  hesitate  respectfully 
and  gratefully  to  decline  it. 


Monumental  Church.  311 

"  It  is  proper  I  should  remind  you  of  the  fact,  tliat 
by  the  action  of  the  Federal  government,  several 
millions  of  slaves  liave  been  suddenly  set  free,  and 
left  amongst  us  a  potent  power  for  good  or  evil,  in 
connection  with  the  destinies  of  this  country;  and 
further,  that  the  character  of  their  influence  must 
be  determined  by  tlieir  own  character,  which,  under 
God,  depends  on  their  moral  and  religious  education,, 
for  which  a  large  share  of  responsibility  must  rest 
upon  us.  To  meet  and  manage  this  successfully 
will  require  no  little  wisdom  and  tact.  As  an  in- 
dispensable basis,  their  reliance  on  the  purity 
of  our  purpose  must  be  gained,  and  that  over  the 
prejudices  which  their  former  relations  may  have 
generated,  and  which  some  would  be  glad  to 
strengthen  and  perpetuate.  Forbearance  in  refer- 
ence to  the  errors  occasioned  by  extravagant  notions 
of  liberty,  generosity  in  our  business  relations  with 
them,  kind  consideration  for  their  peculiarities  in 
the  ordinary  concerns  of  life,  humane  attention  to 
their  necessities  in  poverty  and  sickness,  are  expe- 
dients to  which  no  one  can  object,  which,  persever- 
ingly  and  consistently  plied,  few  will  fail  to  feel  in 
con(nliating  confidence  and  good  will.  Dut}'  and 
interest  require  this  effort.  If  we  of  the  south,  who 
best  understand  these  people,  and  who  ouglit  to  di- 
rect and  control  this  work,  neglect  it,  other  and 
miscliievous  hands  will  take  it  up,  to  our  great  an- 
noyance, and  the  serious  perversion  and  ruin  of 
many  whom  they  assume  to  enlighten.  How  our 
obligation   may  be  best   discharged  is  a  subject  for 


312 


History  of  the 


your  ^  rave  and  prayerful  consideration,  that  we  may 
discern  what  we  ought  to  do,  and  liave  grace  and 
power  faithfully  to  fulfil  the  same. 

"I  now  proceed  to  notice  a  subject,  wliich  I  ap- 
proacli  with  great  diffideuce,  because  it  involves  so 
much  of  difficulty  and  delicacy.  Though  its  issues 
are  sufficiently  naomentous  to  command  the  greatest 
care  and  candor  in  deliberation,  and  the  most  rigid 
lionesty  in  decision,  yet  its  short  history  is  crowded 
with  events  and  associations  which  appeal  with  pe- 
culiar power  to  some  of  the  finest  feelings  of  our 
nature,  to  the  pleading  of  which  we  may  love 
to  listen,  even  against  tlie  verdict  of  sound  and 
sober  judgment.  I  allude  to  our  ecclesiastical  re- 
lations, and  the  policy  which,  under  existing  circum- 
stances. Christian  principle  requires. 

"  The  separation  of  the  southern  dioceses  from  the 
organization  witli  which  they  were  happily  con- 
nected, was  occasioned,  as  you  know,  not  by  any 
disagreement  in  doctrine  or  discipline,  or  manner  of 
Avorship,  but  by  political  changes,  which  rendered 
tlie  continuance  of  that  connection  impracticable. 

"The  preservation  of  tlie  order  and  purity  of  the 
church,  in  this  section  of  tlie  country,  called  for  a 
separate  organization,  which  was  accordingly  effected 
with  a  careful  avoidance  of  any  alteration  which 
could  impair  that  unity  of  spirit  which  our  holy  re- 
ligion enjoins.  The  '  exigency  of  necessity '  furnished 
the  divine  commission  under  which  this  association 
was  formed,  and  constitutes  a  divine  sanction  for  its 
continuance,  unless  good  and  sufficient  reasons  to 
the  contrary  are  manifest. 


Monumental  Church.  313 

"  The  mere  cessation  of  the  causes  in  which  it 
originated  does  not,  as  a  matter  of  course,  dissolve 
it,  and  restore  the  rehitions  which  previously  existed. 
There  may  be  other  considerations  which,  though  they 
might  not  alone  have  warranted  a  separation,  may, 
when  once  it  has  been  established,  be  sufficient  alone 
to  authorize  its  maintenance.  Under  these  circum- 
stances it  could  not,  on  any  principle  of  reason  or 
revelation,  be  justly  liable  to  the  imputation  of 
schism,  which  is  'a  causeless  separation  from  the  ex- 
ternal communion  of  the  church.' 

"Our  organization  Avas  no  breach  of  communion, 
and  for  the  external  separation  which  it  formed 
there  M^as  obvious  and  ample  cause.  Such  I  believe 
to  be  an  exact  representation  of  the  case  of  the 
southern  dioceses, 

"If  the  question  of  an  external  union  of  all  the 
dioceses  of  the  United  States  under  one  and  the 
same  ecclesiastical  government  were  now  first  pro- 
posed, if  there  had  never  been  such  a  connection, 
many  weighty  considerations  might  be  urged  against 
its  adoption.  The  general  convention  has  itself 
been  for  some  years  maturing  a  provincial  system, 
designed  to  divide  the  present  extensive  isolated 
province,  (for  such  the  organization  which  it  repre- 
sents really  is,)  into  several  smaller  associations  of 
neighboring  dioceses,  each  association  to  possess 
within  its  prescribed  limits  the  powers  and  authority 
now  exercised  jointly  by  all  the  dioceses  through  a 
general  convention,  and  all  the  provinces  so  formed 
to  be  subject  in  certain  respects  to  a  general  council, 


314  History  of  the 

meeting  at  longer  intervals  than  three  years,  or 
when  specially  called.  This  proposed  system  will, 
it  is  understood,  be  earnestly  pressed  in  the  general 
convention  soon  to  assemble  in  Philadelphia. 
Whether  adopted  or  not,  the  attention  and  support 
ali*eady  given  it  are  very  interesting  and  instructive 
in  reference  to  our  general  policy. 

"But  the  question  of  union  is  not  to  us  a  new  and 
original  question.  Such  union  existed  long  and 
happily,  and  its  interruption  resulted,  as  we  have 
observed,  from  no  disagreement  as  churchmen,  but 
from  civil  dissension.  Yet,  as  the  public  mind  may 
not  thus  discriminate,  and  as  the  continuance  of  ec- 
clesiastical separation  would  be  regarded  as  a  me- 
morial of  tliose  civil  dissensions  which  made  it  neces- 
sary, and  so  having  an  offensive  political  significance, 
would  be  the  occasion  of  per])etuating  feeling  un- 
friendly to  Christian  fellowship  and  injurious  to  per- 
sonal piety,  it  is  incumbent  upon  us  to  enquire 
whether  it  does  not  become  us  to  dissolve  our  sepa- 
rate organization,  and,  from  considerations  of  high 
expedienc}^,  resume  the  conventional  relation  sus- 
tained previous  to  the  war.  The  following  state- 
ment may  help  us  to  deliberate  understandingly,  and 
to  determine  wisely  on  a  subject  which,  decide  it  as 
we  may,  must  have  an  important  influence  on  the 
peace  and  prosperity  of  the  church  in  Virginia  for 
years  to  come: 

"1.  On  the  2nd  of  August,  I  received  a  circular 
letter,  dated  July  12th,  signed  'John  Henry  Hop- 
kins, presiding  bishop.'     A  similar  letter  was  sent 


Monumental  Church.  315- 

to  each  of  the  southern  bishops.  It  testiiies  to  those 
to  whom  it  is  addressed,  'the  affectionate'  attach- 
ment of  the  writer,  and  assures  them  of  the  'cordial 
welcome'  which  awaits  tliem  at  the  approaching 
general  convention.  It  states  that  Jie  was  'authorized 
to  say  that  his  Episcopate  brethren  generally  sym- 
pathized with  him  in  the  desire  to  see  tlie  fullest  re- 
presentation of  the  churches  from  the  south,  and  to 
greet  their  brethren  in  the  Episcopate  with  the 
kindest  feeling,'  and  adds,  'I  trust,  therefore,  that  I 
shall  enjoy  the  precious  gratification  of  seeing  you 
and  your  delegates  in  proper  place  at  the  regular 
(tri-annual)  meeting.'  In  acknowledging  tliis  letter,^ 
I  reciprocated  the  kind  feeling  expressed,  assured 
the  esteemed  writer  of  my  readiness  to  co-operate  in 
any  measures  calculated  to  promote  peace  and  good 
will. 

"2.  I  have  also  received  communications  of  like 
purport  and  spirit  from  other  bishops,  and  from  pro- 
minent clergymen  and  laymen  of  the  northern 
dioceses,  and  responded  cordially  to  their  fraternal 
greetings. 

"3.  The  publislied  proceedings  of  the  council  of 
Texas  shows  that  diocese  has  resolved  to  resume  its 
former  ecclesiastical  relations,  and  appointed  dele- 
gates to  the  general  convention. 

"4.  A  joint  letter  from  the  Bishops  of  North 
Carolina  and  Arkansas  has  been  addressed  to  Bishop 
Elliott,  as  presiding  bishop,  expressing  it  as  their 
'decided  opinion'  that  'consideration  of  principle, 
and  of  expediency  as  well,  require  us  to  restore  the 
ecclesiastical  relations  which  existed  before  the  war. 


316  History  of  the 

"5.  The  Bishop  of  Georgia,  in  his  reply  to  the 
joint  letter  from  the  Bishops  of  North  Carolina  and 
Arkansas,  expresses  himself  thns:  '  I  do  not  see  how 
we  can  avoid  returning  into  connection  with  the 
church  of  the  Union.' 

" "'  The  diocese  of  Georgia  has  adopted  the  follow- 
ing resolutions : 

'■''^Resolved,  That  the  diocese  of  Georgia  is  pre- 
pared to  resume  her  position  as  a  diocese  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States,  whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
bishop,  it  shall  be  consistent  with  tlie  good  faith 
which  she  owes  to  the  bishops  and  dioceses  with 
which  she  has  been  in  union  for  the  last  four  years. 

'•'  ^Resolved,  That  deputies  be  elected  from  this 
diocese  to  represent  Georgia  in  the  council  appointed 
to  be  held  at  Mobile  in  November  next,  with  the 
understanding  that,  if  any  contingency  should  arise 
whereby  it  should  become  expedient  that  this  dio- 
cese should  be  represented  in  the  general  convention  to 
be  assembled  in  October  next,  the  same  deputies  shall 
be  deputies  to  that  convention,  with  power  to  fill 
any  vacancies  in  their  own  body.' 

''  The  diocese  of  North  Carolina  has  adopted  simi- 
lar resolutions. 

"After  reading  this  portion  of  Bishop  John's  ad- 
dress, how  readily  and  aptly  may  we  apply  the  four 
beautiful  verses  of  the  psalmist  used  in  our  service 
for  the  28th  day  of  the  month — morning  prayer, 
Psalm  cxxxiii. :  'Behold,  how  good  and  joyful  a 
thing  it  is,  brethren,  to   dwell   together  in    unity! 


I 


Monumental  Church.  317 

2,  It  is  like  the  precious  ointment  npon  the  head^ 
that  ran  down  nnto  the  beard,  even  unto  Aaron's 
beard,  and  went  down  to  the  skirts  of  his  clotliing. 

3.  Like  as  the  dew  of  Hermon,  which  fell  upon 
the  hill  of  Zion.  4.  For  there  the  Lord  promised 
His  blessing,  and  life  for  evermore.' " 

Tlie  Rev.  R.  S.  Mason,  for  the  special  committee, 
submitted  the  following  report: 

"The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  that  part 
of  the  bishop's  address  which  relates  to  the  reunion 
of  the  diocese  of  North  Carolina  with  the  Protes 
tant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United  States,  having- 
considered  the  subject  laid  before  them,  beg  leave 
to  report  that,  being  anxious  to  maintain  the  unity 
of  the  church  within  the  borders  of  the  United 
States,  and  remembering  with  satisfaction  the  entire 
harmony  which  formerly  existed  among  the  dioceses, 
they  have  heard  with  gratilication  the  sentiments  ex- 
pressed by  the  bishop  of  this  diocese  in  regard  to 
reunion,  and  have  received  with  equal  pleasure  tlie 
cordial  invitation  which  has  been  extended  by  the 
presiding  bishop  of  the  church  in  the  United  States 
to  the  bishops  and  dioceses  of  the  south,  to  return 
to  their  places  in  the  '  general  convention,' — there- 
fore, 

^^Hesolved,  That  the  diocese  of  IMorth  Carolina  is 
prepared  to  resume  her  position  as  a  diocese  in  con- 
nection with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Cliurch  in  the 
United  States,  whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
bishop,  after  consultation  with  the  bishops  of  the 
other  southern   dioceses,  (which  consultation  he  is 


318  History  of  the 

hereby  requested  to  hold),  it  shall  be  consistent  with 
tlie  good  faith  whicli  she  owes  to  the  dioceses  with 
which  she  has  been  in  union  during  the  past  four 
years ; 

'•'■Resolved ,  That  with  a  view  to  such  contingency, 
there  l^e  four  clerical  and  four  lay  deputies  elected 
to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  ensuing  general  con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States." 

"  7-  Tlie  bishops  of  Mississippi  and  Alabama  are 
understood  to  prefer  continuing,  at  least  for  a  season, 
the  organization  formed  by  the  southern  dioceses. 

"  The  opinions  of  the  bishops  and  councils  of 
South  Carolina  and  Florida  liave  not  been  declared,  or 
have  not  reached  us. 

"  From  this  statement  it  appears  that  the  prevail- 
ing voice  of  the  cliurch  in  the  south  is  in  favor  of  a 
return  to  our  former  ecclesiastical  relations,  and  that, 
as  far  as  their  action  is  concerned,  the  result  seems 
inevitable.  What  influence  this  should  have  on  our 
course  it  is  for  this  council  to  determine.  If  it 
concludes,  as  it  has  the  right  to  do,  that  the  interests 
of  the  church  require  the  maintenance  of  our  organi- 
zation, then  it  will  be  for  you  so  to  instruct  j'our 
delegates  to  the  general  council,  with  special  direc- 
tions to  advocate  proper  measures  for  recognizing 
and  promoting  fraternal  communion  between  the 
two  branches  of  the  church  in  the  United  States. 
If,  however,  this  council  shall  judge  that,  all  things 
considered,  the  peace  and  prosperit}^  of  the  church 
require  tliat  our  separate  organization  should  cease, 


Monumental  Church.  319 

and  former  relations  be  resumed,  then  the  mode  and 
the  time  for  effecting  this  will  demand  your  careful 
deliberation.  In  conducting  this  there  are  certain 
pertinent  questions  which  we  may  very  properly  pro- 
pose to  ourselves. 

"  If,  as  a  people,  we  are  solicitous  for  a  speedy 
reunion,  why  should  we  not,  as  a  church,  be  equally 
desirous  of  a  speedy  re-establishment  of  our  ecclesi- 
astical relations  ? 

"Are  there  any  sensibilities  which  may  be  disre- 
garded in  the  one  adjustment,  but  wliich  require  to 
be  consulted  and  indulged  in  the  otlier? 

"  May  we  be  more  implacable  as  churchmen  than 
as  citizens  ?  If  time  is  necessary  to  compose  our 
feelings,  how  much  must  be  taken  ?  Whose  experi- 
ence is  to  determine  the  measure  ?  Is  there  any 
other  scriptural  limit  than  the  '  going  down  of  the 
sun  '  ?  Are  not  such  feelings  better  disciplined  by 
immediate,  resolute  mortification  than  by  indulgent 
allowance  ?  Does  not  the  policy  of  formally  post- 
poning reconciliation  involve  a  great  question  of 
Christian  morals,  not  to  be  overlooked  in  seeking  to 
ascertain  our  duty  ?  Again,  whilst  it  would  be  very 
agreeable  to  receive  from  those  from  whom  we  have 
been  separated  certain  satisfactory  assurances  in  re- 
ference both  to  the  past  and  the  future,  and  whilst 
the  voluntary  tender  of  such  assurances  on  their  part 
would  be  conciliating  and  grateful,  would  not  such 
a  requisition  by  us  be  regarded  as  dictation,  and  in- 
dicate a  very  offensive  want  of  confidence  in  their 
rectitude  of  purpose  ? 


320  History  of  the 

"  Would  it  not  be  more  becoming  in  us  to  assume 
that  those  with  whom  we  are  willing  to  be  reunited 
will  do  what  is  right,  without  being  held  to  it  by  a 
pledge,  especially  as  the  doing  what  we  desire  would 
be  compatible  with  their  principles ;  but  a  pledge  to 
that  effect  would  involve  a  recognition  irreconcilable 
with  their  known  convictions  of  ecclesiastical  order, 
and  which,  therefore,  as  they  cannot  consistently 
give,  we  ought  not  to  propose. .  If  such  a  proposal 
would,  as  it  certainly  will,  prevent  that  which  with- 
out any  pledge  may  be  readily  conceded,  shall  we 
forego  the  benefit  of  the  action  rather  than  waive 
the  pledge  as  a  prerequisite  ?  If  indeed  the  waiver 
were  to  be  understood  as  a  surrender  of  the  princi- 
ples which  have  governed  us  in  our  organization 
and  subsequent  proceedings,  and  an  adoption  of 
those  known  to  be  maintained  by  many  with  whom 
reunion  is  now  proposed,  it  would  be  both  dishon- 
orable and  dishonest,  and  could  not  for  a  moment 
admit  of  a  question.  But  if  no  such  change  is  pro- 
fessed or  supposed,  if  it  is  understood  that,  without 
reference  to  theories  or  antecedent  actions  on  either 
part,  former  relations  are  to  be  resumed  in  good 
faith  and  with  fraternal  purposes,  may  not  such  an 
arrangement  be  mutually  acceptable  ?  Is  not  re- 
sumption of  former  relations,  without  concessions  or 
promises,  the  only  way  in  which  reunion  is  practi- 
cable, and  would  it  not  furnish  sure  hope  of  a  peace- 
ful and  profitable  future  than  any  formal  concordant 
attained  by  diplomatic  negotiation  ?  Ultimate  and 
authoritative  action  on  this  subject  pertains  properly 


MONUMEJSTAL  ChDRCH.  321 

to  our  general  council.  Immediately,  tlierefore,  on 
receiving  the  circular  of  Bishop  Hopkins,  I  wrote  to 
our  presiding  bishop,  proposing  that  l)e  should  call  a 
special  meeting,  or  if  this  were  impracticable,  then, 
suggesting  a  conference  of  the  southern  bishops. 

'*'As  the  interruption  of  the  mails  and  the  lines 
of  travel  rendered  it  impossible  to  convene  the 
council  before  the  meeting  of  the  general  conven- 
tion, the  bishops  of  the  south  have  been  invited  to 
assemble  at  Augusta,  on  the  27th  of  tins  month, 
Witli  this  call  I  am  prevented  from  complying  by 
my  duties  in  this  council,  wliich  cannot  adjourn  in 
time  forme  to  reach  Augusta  on  the  day  appointed. 

"This  however,  is  less  to  be  regretted,  because  as 
the  conclusions  of  the  bishops  could  only  be  ad- 
visory, and  their  advice  now  can  be  of  little  prac- 
tical importance,  as  the  policy  to  be  pursued  is  al- 
ready indicated  by  tlie  opinion  expressed  by  bishops 
individually,  and  by  the  separate  action  of  several 
dioceses.  From  that  policy  it  is  not  probable  the 
general  council  would  dissent.  Be  this  as*it  may,  we 
cannot  afford  to  suspend  all  action  till  the  deter- 
mination is  so  reached.  This  would  be  for  us  to 
lose  a  fit  opportunity  for  responding  to  the  fraternal 
overtures  whicli  have  been  noticed,  by  permitting 
the  general  convention  to  adjourn  under  the  impres- 
sion that  the  diocese  of  Virginia  is  unfavorable  or 
indifferent  to  ecclesiastical  re-union.  If  we  desire 
to  prevent  such  impression,  and  avoid  any  enibarrass- 
ing  consequences,  it  will  be  for  tliis  council  to  de- 
termine  how   this    may   be   best  effected — whether 


322  History  of  the 

simply  by  resolutions,  wliich  will  be  a  virtual  ac- 
ceptance of  re-union,  or  further,  by  commissioning 
those  who  shall  be  chosen  as  delegates  to  the  gen- 
eral council,  which  is  to  meet  at  Mobile  in  Novem- 
ber, to  represent  this  diocese  in  the  general  conven- 
tion, which  is  to  meet  in  Philadelphia  in  October, 
with  instructions  to  appear  there  personally,  and 
take  their  seats,  when,  in  their  judgment,  the  in- 
terests of  the  church  will  thereby  be  promoted. 
The  adoption  of  one  or  both  of  these  expedients  will 
prevent  even  the  appearance  of  unbecoming  reluc- 
tance in  reference  to  a  result  wliich  we  regard  as 
certain — will  place  us  in  favorable  position  for 
availing  ourselves  of  the  most  propitious  juncture 
for  its  accomplishment,  and  evince  the  respect  which 
we  have  for  our  obligations  to  our  sister  dioceses  of 
the  south,  by  recognizing  the  organization  which 
we  formed  under  the  pressure  of  necessity,  and  con- 
cur in  dissolving  when  required  by  considerations  of 
Christian  expediency. 

"If  the  endeavor  to  present  a  correct  view  of  our 
position,  and  of  the  policy  which  it  suggests,  reveals 
the  inclination  it  has  given  to  my  own  judgment,  it 
has  but  done  what  I  have  no  desire  to  avoid.  I 
trust  it  has  been  effected  without  even  the  ap- 
pearance of  presumption,  or  a  word  that  would  pro- 
duce any  other  excitement  than  such  as  is  insepar- 
.able  from  a  subject  of  paramount  interest. 

"In  its  treatment  little  skill  or  power  would  be 
needed  to  reanimate  and  inflame  those  violent  pas- 
sions which  have  been  aroused  by  the  occurrences 


Monumental  Church.  323 

of  the  past  four  years.  The  tempest  might  readily 
be  reproduced  by  a  simple  recital  of  wrong  and  suf- 
fering which  have  been  endured.  These,  indeed, 
may  not  soon  or  easily  be  forgotten,  nor  is  this  re- 
quired; but  they  may  and  must  be  forgiven.  To 
perpetuate  their  disturbing  force,  by  vividly  picturing 
to  ourselves  and  others  their  severity,  may  serve 
the  purpose  of  selfish  wreckers,  who  find  their  pro- 
fit in  disponing  the  corpses  and  seizing  the  fragments 
of  rich  freight  with  which  the  storm  may  strew  the 
shore. 

"  Christians  are  to  be  peacemakers.  Their  heaven- 
descended  motto  is,  'On  earth  peace,  good  will  to- 
ward men.'  In  'following  after  the  things  which 
make  for  peace,'  as  they  are  commanded,  they  care 
not  to  calculate  how  long  wounded  sensibilities  may 
be  expected  to  weep,  or  memory  be  allowed  to  elim- 
inate their  wrongs.  The  proffered  hand  may  be  ac- 
cepted before  the  lacerations  it  has  inflicted  are 
healed,  or  often  it  would  be  impossible  to  do  so  at 
all,  for  there  are  lacerations  which  the  heart  cannot 
cease  to  feel  till  it  ceases  to  beat.  We  are  to  be 
imitators  of  Him  who,  '  whilst  we  were  sinners,' 
died  for  us ;  who,  when  pierced  in  every  limb,  prayed 
for  the  forgiveness  of  His  persecutors,  whilst  they 
were  rending  Him  in  their  rage.  'Even  as  Christ 
forgave  you,  so  do  ye,'  is  the  rule  and  measure  for 
His  followers.  And  with  this  pattern  of  prompt 
and  unsolicited  forgiveness  of  complicated  violence 
and  wrong,  infinitely  surpassing  all  that  man  can  ex- 
perience from  his  fellow  man,  it  would  ill-become 


324  History  of  the 

those  who  profess  and  call  themselves  Christians  to 
nourisli  resentments  by  dwelling  on  injuries,  or  to 
plead  sorrow,  which  it  is  proper  to  feci,  in  delay  of 
reconciliation,  whicli  it  would  be  wrong  to  defer, — a 
plea  which,  if  it  is  allowed,  may  be  in  force  for  life, 
and  adjourn  reunion  for  the  consideration  of  a  ge- 
neration unborn. 

"This  statement,  which  I. deemed  it  my  duty  to 
make,  is  presented  with  the  fervent  prayer  that  in 
this  and  all  other  matters  which  claim  the  attention 
of  this  council,  we  may  have  grace  to  perceive 
and  pursue  that  course  •  which  will  be  most  accept- 
able to  Him  who  is  '  the  Author  of  peace  and  Lover  ' 
of  concord.'" 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Macfarland  offered  a  resolution  that 
a  committee  of  thirteen  be  appointed  to  take  into 
consideration  that  portion  of  the  address  which  re- 
lated to  the  reunion  of  the  Nortliern  and  Southern 
Episcopal  churches.  Pending  the  discussion  of  this 
res,olution,  the  council  adjourned  until  the  next  day 
at  nine  o'clock. 

And  on  the  next  day  the  council,  by  resolution, 
changed  the  number  of  the  committee  to  seven,  and 
the  president  thereupon  appointed  the  following  as 
the  committee,  to-wit:  Rev.  Drs.  Andrews,  Gib-,  _^ 
son,  Kinckle,  Peterkin,  and  Messrs.  Macfarland,  1 
Massie  and  Lee,  who  made  the  following  report, 
which  was  adopted; 

"  1.  That  the  Christian  and  conciliatory  course  of 
our  respected  diocesan  in  his  correspondence  with 
the  presiding  bishop  and  other  members  of  the  Pro- 


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Monumental  Church.  325 

testant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United  States,  touch- 
ing a  reunion  with  the  general  convention  of  said 
churcli,  meets  our  cordial  approbation. 

"  2.  That  this  council  appreciates  and  affection- 
ately responds  to  ever}^  sentiment  of  fraternal  regard 
which  has  been  manifested  in  the  correspondence  re- 
ferred to. 

"  3.  That  this  council  is  of  opinion  that  the  objects 
which  all  the  parties   interested   may  be  presumed 
most  to  desire,  will  be  l)est  accomplished  by  referr- 
ing tliis  subject  to  the  next  general  council. 
Signed, 

C.  W.  Andrews, 

W.    H     KiNCKLE, 

J.  Peterkin, 
C.  J.  Gibson, 
W.  H.  Macfarland, 

N.  H.  Massie, 
Cassius  F.  Lee." 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
George  D.  Fisher,  lay  delegate  (for  the  meeting  of 
council,  September  20,  1865.)  Communicants,  203; 
contributions,  total,  $6,674.05. 

Remarks. — These  contributions  were  made  before 
the  capture  of  Richmond,  on  tlie  3rd  April,  and  in 
Confederate  paper  money;  ^nce  then  the  contribu- 
tions have  been  principally  for  objects  within  the 
parish,  except  the  collection  for  the  treasury  of  the 
diocese,  and  in  United  States  paper  currency. 


326  History  of  the 

1866. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Chnreli,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
Johli  H.  Tyler,  |^lay  delegate  to  council  in  Alexan- 
dria.    Comnuinicants,  214;  contributions,  $704.50.* 

At  this  meeting  of  the  council.  Rev.  Dr.  Pendle- 
ton, chairman  of  tlie  special  committee  appointed  to 
consider  the  subject  of  Mr.  Cassius  F.  Lee's  resolu- 
tion, presented  the  following  resolution  as  the  re- 
sult of  their  deliberations : 

"Whereas,  tlie  conditions  which  rendered  ne- 
cessary the  separate  organization  of  the  southern 
dioceses  no  longer  exist,  and  that  organization  has 
ceased  by  the  consent  and  action  of  the  dioceses 
concerned ;  and  whereas,  tlie  diocese  of  Virginia, 
unchanged  as  are  her  principles,  deem  it  most  pro- 
per, under  existing  circumstances,  to  resume  her  in- 
terrupted relations  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States,  therefore 

'■'-Resolved.,  That  this  diocese  do  accordingly  now 
resume  its  connection  with  the  general  convention 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  the  United 
States,  and  tliat  the  bishop  be  requested  to  send  a 

*NoTE. — This  great  change  of  figures  in  currency  from  the 
previous  four  years'  reports,  it  must  be  remembered,  was  pro- 
duced by  the  ending  of  the  Confederate  war  in  April,  180") ;  at 
•which  time  it  required  $60  of  Confederate  paper  money  to  buy 
$1  of  United  States  gold,  'fhis  will  give  the  reader  a  pretty  ac- 
curate idea  of  the  disadvantage  under  which  the  southern  States 
were  resisting  the  Federal  government,  in  the  effort  to  estab- 
lish a  separate  Confederacy,  and  as  the  result  has  proved,  pro- 
vidence did  not  permit  to  take  place.  G.  D.  F. 


Monumental  Church.  327 

copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolution  to  the  presid- 
ing bishop,  and  one  to  the  secretary  of  the  house  of 
clerical  and  lay  deputies." 

The  vote  was  called  for  by  orders,  and  stood  as 
follows:  Affirmative,  clergy,  57;  laity,  36.  Nega- 
tive, clergy,  9;  laity,  11.  So  the  resolution  was 
thereupon  declared  to  be  adopted. 

Report  of  the  committee  on  the  state  of  the 
church  in  Virginia,  so  far  as  it  can  be  ascertained 
from  statistics,  is  exhibited  in  the  following  table: 

Baptisms:  adults,  white,  243;  colored,  26 — total, 
269.  Infants,  white,  415;  colored,  108— total,  523. 
Communicants,  white,  6004 ;  colored,  62 — total, 
6,066.  Marriages:  white,  331 ;  colored,  117 — total, 
448.  Confirmations:  white,  439;  colored,  24 — 
total,  463.  Funerals:  white,  506;  colored,  53 — 
total,  559.  Sunday-schools,  54;  teachers,  white,  747. 
Sunday-school  scholars,  white,  4,048 ;  colored,  373 — 
total,  5,168.     Contributions,  $30,199.59.     W 

Two  meetings  of  the  vestry  for  this  fiscal  year 
were  held.  The  first  on  the  4th  December,  1865, 
when  tlie  two  vacancies  in  that  bod}',  which  occurred 
by  the  removal  from  the  city  of  Messrs.  John  W. 
Atkinson  and  John  Waterhouse — the  first  to  Wil- 
mington, N.  C,  and  the  second  to  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  (but  in  the  mean  time  making  a  trip  to  Europe), 
were  filled  by  the  election  of  Dr.  James  Bolton  and 
Mr.  John  Harrold. 

At  this  meeting  also  an  interesting  annual  state- 
ment was  made  by  the  treasurer  of  the  church,  ex- 
hibiting the  deficit  by  estimate  of  but  $353.85,  as 
well  as  what  was  then  due  the  rector. 


328  History  of  the 

It  was  the  prostrated  eonclition  generally  (grow- 
ing out  of  our  late  war,)  of  our  people  which  caused 
so  bad  an  exhibit;  still,  an  appeal  was  determined  to 
be  made  to  the  congregation  to  do  all  in  tlieir  power 
to  reduce  the  debt,  and  they  did  so  as  liberally  as 
tliey  could,  and  have  always  done.  Our  rector's 
salary  was  raise-i  to  $2,250,  and  the  organist,  $300, 
and  sexton  to  $200.  Our  principal  lady  singer  re- 
signed her  place  in  the  choir  because  tlie  salary  of 
of  $200  was  too  small. 

The  next  meeting  was  iield  on  tlie  13th  of  May, 
1866,  when  Mr.  Jolin  H.  Tyler  was  elected  the  lay 
delegate  to  the  annual  council,  to  be  held  in  Alex- 
andria, on  the  16th  of  that  month. 

In  a  part  of  the  report  on  "  the  state  of  the  churcli" 
for  1866,  the  committee  say: 

"The  restoration  of  the  church  in  this  diocese  to 
its  former  prosperity  is  a  vast  undertaking,  and  it  is 
gratity^fl;  to  witness  the  sense  of  dependence  upon 
God,  the  hopefulness  and  determined  spirit  with 
which,  in  some  parts  of  it,  both  clergy  and  laity 
ihave  entered  upon  the  work.  Several  subjects  more 
or  less  intimately  connected  with  it,  having  been  re- 
ferred to  special  committees,  the}'  are  here  omitted. 
But  there  is  6ne  subject  upon  which  the  committee, 
after  a  somewhat  extended  conference  with  clergy 
and  laity  outside  their  own  number,  hold  it  to  be 
the  duty  of  the  council  to  speak  most  distinctly  and 
most  solemnly  at  this  present  time,  and  that  is  the 
state  of  church  d'tscipline  in  the  diocese,  which  is 
always  one  of  the  most  important  features  in  'the 
state  of  the  church.' 


J 


I 


Monumental  Church.  329 

"The  coiuiiiittee  cannot,  of  course,  be  informed 
of  all  the  facts,  l>ut  enough  has  come  before  them 
to  show  that  tiiere  is  a  heavy  pressure  against  those 
barriers  wliich  rubrics  and  canons  have  interposed 
between  the  church  and  the  world.  Scandals  are 
reported,  and  examples  of  worldly  conformity  in- 
compatible with  a  Christian  profession,  which,  nev^er- 
theless,  the  pastor  is  unable  to  arrest,  because  doubt- 
ful whether  he  would  be  sustained  bj  the  voice  of 
the  church. 

"The  ministry,  and  especially  its  younger  portion, 
are  entitled  to  this  support,  and  it  is  doubtless  the 
wisdom  as  well  as  the  duty  of  the  church  to  extend 
it,  nor  expect  tliat  the  wholesome  intent  of  lier  dis- 
cipline can  be  accomplished  without  new  appliances 
adapted  to  new  developments  of  evil,  and  these  still 
further  varied  in  their  application  by  the  living 
voice. 

"  The  old  maxim  tliat  *  prevention  is  better  than 
cure,'  w^as  never  more  applicable  than  in  the  present 
case.  Much  of  the  reproach  brought  against  the 
church  from  the  evil  living  of  its  meml)ers,  might  be 
prevented  by  a  more  protracted  examination  and 
trial  of  candidates  for  confirmation,  and  in  fact  by 
instructions  which  should  precede  the  application 
for  admission  to  that  rite,  in  order  that  all  may 
know  beforehand  wliat  is  expected  of  those  who  ap- 
ply, and  this  not  in  general  terms  merely,  but  by 
such  specifications  touching  the  distinctive  marks  of 
tlie  life  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  what  the  cluirch  means 
by  '  pomps  and  vanities,'  and  what  it  is  that   tlie 


330  History  of  the 

candidate  understands  himself  to  renounce  in  the 
coniinnation  vow,  so  that  there  may  be  no  defective 
instruction  on  the  one  side,  or  misunderstanding  on 
the  other.  Were  this  attended  to,  application  will 
not  often  be  made  prematurely;  for  when  once  made 
it  is  either  successful  (as  is  commonly  the  case)  or 
embarrassment  ensues,  whiclihad  better  been  avoided. 

"  It  appertains  to  the  clergy,  not  onlj'  to  reprove 
and  rebuke,  and  exliort  with  all  long  suifering  and 
doctrine,  but  also  to  receive  into  the  church  and  to 
exclude  from  it.  It  is  they  who  practically  give 
tone  to  all,  and  the  character  of  the  communion  in 
time  takes  its  complexion  from  the  discipline  ad- 
ministered by  them. 

"  But  when  scandals  have  actually  arisen,  the 
mode  of  procedure  is  provided  by  law.  The  rubric 
requires  expulsion  from  the  communion  for  '  no- 
torious evil  living,'  and  the  19th  canon  specifies  in 
part  what  shall  be  considered  notorious  evil  living, 
for  it  expressly  says  tliat  it  shall  not  be  understood 
to  include  all  the  causes  for  which  expulsion  front  the 
communion  may  take  place. 

"It  specifies  public  balls,  theatrical  amusements, 
and  the  habitual  neglect  of  tlie  public  worship  of 
God.  Doubtless  public  balls  may  be  held  in  private 
houses,  and  all  the  scandals  arise  from  dancing,, 
drinking,  and  carousal,  which  the  canon  was  intended 
to  repress.  And  what  must  be  thought  of  those 
who  will  avail  themselves  of  some  exception  in  de- 
tail to  live  as  the  world  lives,  keeping  upon  the  out- 
ermost verge  of  what  the  law  will  allow,  so  as  to 


i 


Monumental  Church.  331 

leave  it  in  doubt,  even  by  tlie  most  indulgent  judg- 
ment, whether  their  conduct  does  or  does  not  amount 
to  notorious  evil  living. 

"Discipline  is  admitted  by  all  authorities  to  be 
one  of  the  essential  notes  of  a  church  of  Christ ;  and 
can  tliat  be  a  churcli  of  Christ,  or  other  than  a  de- 
cayed or  fallen  one,  in  which  nothing  less  shall  sub- 
ject a  member  to  expulsion  from  the  communion 
than  til  at  which  would  also  subject  him  to  a  civil 
prosecution. 

"Tlie  real  prosperity  of  the  church  is  inseparable 
from  her  purity,  and  should  lier  time  and  her 
strengtli  in  council  be  expended  upon  rules  for  the 
conduct  of  a  growing  externalism,  wdule  those  in- 
tended to  produce  holy  living  are  neglected,  how 
will  her  light  and  glory  as  a  witness  for  Christ  be 
dimmed,  and  tlie  ruin  of  immortal  souls  be  going  on 
apace  within  lier  own  bosom. 

"A  more  searching  administration  of  the  gospel 
is  indeed  indispensable;  but  even  this  can  be  but 
partially  successful  without  a  restoration  of  tlie 
spiritual  discipline  and  government  of  the  primitive 
church.  This  dis(;i]dine  came  from  Him  who  knew 
what  was  in  man,  even  as  regenerate,  and  the  best 
means  of  reaching  cases  which  He  foresaw  would 
always  be  in  the  church — cases  not  of  wilful  de- 
clension, from  whom  nothing  but  separation  can  be 
desired,  but  of  those  who,  in  the  judgment  of  charity, 
have  been  the  subjects  of  renewing  grace,  yet  have 
fallen  into  some  error  in  religion  or  viciousness  of 
life,  iniurious  to  the   cliurc;!)    and   ruinous  to  them- 


332  History  of  the 

selves,  and  are  _yet  wilful  and  refractory,  and  to 
whom  reason  and  Christian  counsel  are  addressed  in 
vain.  It  was  for  such  as  these  that  the  spiritual 
censures  of  the  church  were  provided,  not  for  their 
destruction,  but  for  their  salvation,  and  such  was 
their  ordinary  result. 

"Access  to  the  apostolic  church  was  easy,  but  a 
continuance  in  it  was  more  difficult.  The  doors  of 
the  sanctuary  stood  open,  l)ut  tlie  building  was  kept 
clean." 

No  names  are  attached  to  the  above  report  on 
"the  state  of  the  cliurcli"  of  that  year;  but  those 
who  were  appointed  as  such  were  Rev.  John  Gram- 
mer,  Rev.  C.  W.  Andrews,  Rev.  W.  H.  Kinckle, 
Rev.  C.  J.  Gibson,  Rev.  W.  L.  Hyland,  Dr.  F.  T. 
Stribling,  Gen.  Asa  Rogers,  Judge  David  May^  Mr. 
Cassius  F.  Lee,  and  Mr.  Tazewell  Taylor. 

186  7. 

The  vestry  held  two  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year,  to  wit:  One  on  the  19tli  December,  1866, 
when  a  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  an 
appeal  to  the  congregation  to  increase  their  con- 
tributions, so  far  as  to  pay  the  rector  $2,500  as  his 
salary,  and  also  to  inci-ease  the  salary  of  Mrs.  Locker- 
man,  our  chief  siiiger  in  the  choir,  to  $300. 

At  this  meeting  Mr.  Ro.  W.  Powers  was  nomi- 
nated and  duly  elected  a  member  of  the  vestry,  to 
fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  and  re- 
moval of  Col.  F.  G.  Ruffin  to  his  farm  in  Cliester- 
field,  and  on  account  of  the  distance,  was  prevented 
from  attending  the  meetings,  particularly  at  night. 


Monumental  Church.  333 

The  next  meetino^  was  held  on  29th  April,  1867, 
when  Mr.  Jolin  H.  Tyler  was  elected  the  lay  dele- 
gate to  the  annnal  meeting  of  the  council,  to  be 
held  in  Staunton,  on  the  15th  of  May  following. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  his  address,  towards  its  close, 
says:  "I  now  beg  leave  to  notice  a  docnment  of 
very  great  interest  to  this  diocese  and  to  the  church  at 
large.  I  mean  the  declaration  of  a  large  number  of 
my  brethren  in  the  Episcopate,  in  reference  to  cer- 
tain ritualistic  movements  which  have  troubled  the 
Church  of  England,  and  threatened  to  disturb  our 
own. 

"When  that  declaration  appeared,  I  tlionght  it 
proper  to  introduce  it  in  this  diocese  by  a  few  lines 
reciting  its  history,  and  connnending  it  to  your  con- 
sideration, as  timely  and  appropriate.  The  abuse 
with  which  it  has  been  assailed  shows  that  it  was 
not  issued  an  hour  too  soon,  or  at  a  venture. 

"  On  this  subject  I  have  now  only  to  ask  of  you, 
dear  brethren  of  the  clergy  and  laity,  to  unite  with 
me  in  endeavoring  to  keep  the  church  in  Virginia 
on  the  basis  and  within  the  limits  recognized  and 
prescribed  by  our  general  and  diocesan  legislature. 

"In  conducting  public  worship,  our  Book  of  Com- 
mon Prayer  is  the  only  authorized  directory.  Let  it 
then  be  our  honest  aim  and  earnest  effort  to  observe 
its  provisions,  as  far  as  our  circumstances  may  per- 
mit, avoiding  and  discountenancing  all  variations  for 
which  it  does  not  provide, — so  moving  together  in 
becoming  uniformity  according  to  its  Scriptural 
order.     Within  the  limits  it  prescribes  there  is  am- 


334  History  of  the 

p]e  room  for  all  the  diversity  compatible  with  sound 
faith  and  sober  worship.  Other  than  this,  I  trust, 
this  diocese  will  neither  crave  nor  endnre. 

"Tiie  service  which  satisfied  our  fathers  suffices 
for  their  children.  Let  us  seek  no  change,  least  of 
all,  such  change  as  may  be  calculated  to  adulterate 
the  doctrine,  and,  a&  we  believe,  impair  the  holy  and 
wholesome  services  of  our  Protestant  church." 

At  this  meeting  Bishop  Johns  alluded  to  a  di- 
vision of  the  diocese,  as  he  understood  had  been 
talked  of,  but  which  did  not  originate  with  him. 
And  he  also  informed  the  council  that  he  stood 
ready  to  unite  in  the  approval  of  an  assistant  bishop, 
if  the  council  conld  see  its  way  clear  enough  to  sup- 
port one. 

Parochial  report  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and 
Mr.  John  H.  Tyler,  lay  delegate  to  the  council  in 
Staunton,  15th  May.  Communicants,  204;  Contri- 
butions, $2,536.98. 

18  6  8. 
The  vestry  held  three  meetings  this  fiscal  year, 
viz :  on  4th  January,  when  the  treasurer's  annual 
report  to  1st  December,  1867,  was  handed  in  and 
approved.  And  a  vacancy  having  occurred  in  the 
vestry  by  the  death  of  our  much  valued  friend  and 
brother-vestryman,  Mr.  James  H.  Poindexter,  it  was 
unanimously  agreed  that  Mr.  Peter  H.  Mayo  be  and 
is  hereby  elected  a  member  to  supply  the  said  va- 
cancy, and  the  secretary  be  requested  to  inform  hira 
accordingly. 


Monumental  Church.  335 

The  next  meeting  was  lielcl  on  the  12th  of  May, 
when  Mr.  John  Tyler  was  elected  the  lay  delegate 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  council,  to  be  held  in 
Lynchburg,,  on  the  20th  instant,  and  Mr.  Peter  H. 
Mayo  the  alternate. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  26t]i  October, 
when  the  condition  of  the  tinances  of  the  church  was 
freely  discussed,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
confer  with  the  choir  on  the  subject  of  two  or  more 
sacred  concerts,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  neces- 
sary means  to  pay  off  a  debt,  tlien  existing,  of  about 
$800. 

Both  the  bishops  delivered  their  annual  addresses, 
and  Bisho))  Whittle  for  the  first  time  since  his  elec- 
tion as  assistant,  on  the  17th  Maj,  1867.  He  says: 
"  That  owing  to  delay  on  the  part  of  the  then  pre- 
siding bishop  (Hopkins,  of  Yermont,)  in  communi- 
cating the  necessary  information  to  tlie  other  bishops, 
he  was  not  notified  by  his  successor,  the  present  pre- 
siding bishop,  that  his  election  had  been  sanctioned 
until  the  middle  of  February,  1868."'  His  consecration 
took  place  in  Alexandria,  on  Thursday,  30th  April, 
1868,  Bishop  Johns  officiating,  assisted  by  Bishop 
Lee,  of  Beleware,  and  Bedell,  of  Ohio,  the  latter  of 
whom  preached  the  sermon  on  the  occasion. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev,  George  Wood  bridge,  rector  ;  and  Mr. 
John  H.  Tyler,  lay  delegate  to  the  council  in  Lynch- 
burg, 20th  iMay.  Communicants,  208 ;  contributions, 
$2,222.10. 


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336  History  of  the 

1869. 

Parochial  report  of  Moiuimental  Church,  Rich- 
moiui. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector,  and  Mr. 
George  D.  Fisher,  Lay  delegate,  at  annual  meeting  of 
tlie  council  in  Fredericksburg,  26th  May.  Com- 
municants, 226;  contributions,  $1,824.50. 

The  vestry  lield  five  meetings  during  this  fiscal 
year.  First  on  the  19th  December,  1868,  when  the 
treasurer,  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher,  tendered  his  resig- 
nation, a  copy  of  which  is  recorded  on  the  vestry's 
proceedings  of  that  date,  but  was  not  accepted,  and 
he  was  requested  to  continue  acting  as  treasurer 
until  the  next  meeting  of  tlie  vestry. 

The  second  meeting  was  held  the  31st  March, 
1869,  when  a  resolution  was  adopted  to  collect  the 
pew  rents  quarterly  after  the  1st  of  June  next;  and 
at  this  meeting  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Fislier  was 
accepted,  and  a  resolution  of  thanks  passed,  for  the 
service  he  had  rendered  the  congregation  as  trea- 
surer, and  tlie  same  was  entered  upon  the  vestry's 
record. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Fowlers,  a  member  of  the  vestry 
was  then  elected  as  the  treasurer,  and  accepted  the 
trust,  with  the  promise  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  pro- 
mote the  interest  of  the  church  and  congregation. 

The  third  meeting  was  lield  on  the  17th  of  May, 
when  the  rector  announced  the  death  of  our  valued 
brother  vestryman,  the  late  Dr.  J  as.  Bolton.  Wliere- 
upon  very  appropriate  resolutions  were  adopted,  and 
the  secretary  was  requested  to  have  published  in  the 
Riclimond    newspapers   and   So^dhern   Cliurchnan. 


Monumental  Church.  337 

At  this  meeting  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher  was  ap- 
pointed the  lay  delegate  from  Monumental  Church, 
to  the  annual  council  of  the  diocese,  to  be  held  in 
Fredericksburg,  on  the  26th  inst. 

The  fourth  meeting  was  held  on  15th  November, 
when  the  system  of  "envelopes"  was  presented  and 
adopted  upon  the  commencement  of  the  next  fiscal 
year,  (1st  December.) 

Mr.  John  Tyler  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
committee  on  music,  and  an  organist  was  authorized 
to  be  employed  at  a  salary  of  $500,  if  it  was  found 
expedient  to  give  as  much.  A  new  sexton  was  also 
needed  after  the  end  of  the  present  year,  and  Mr. 
Horace  P.  Edmond  was  chosen  as  a  proper  person 
to  emplo}'  one.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  Robert  "W. 
Powers  sent  a  letter  of  resignation  as  vestryman, 
and  it  was  very  reluctantly  accepted. 

The  fifth  meeting  was  held  on  the  30th  of  Novem- 
ber, when  the  financial  condition  of  the  church  was 
presented  by  the  treasurer,  exhibiting  a  deficit  of 
about  $300,  unless  the  pew  rents  were  more  promptly 
paid. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  his  address  upon  this  occasion,  in 
adverting  to  ritualism,  says:  "It  is  not  ritualism  as 
such  that  offends  and  alarms.  This  is  inseparable 
from  public  worship.  All  are  ritualists.  The  ques- 
tion with  us  is  one  of  degree,  and  our  complaint  is, 
not  only  that  it  is  being  pressed  and  practised  to  a 
degree  incompatible  with  the  simplicity  and  spirit- 
uality of  the  religion  of  the  gosjDcl,  but  that,  by 
some  at  least  engaged  in   this   movement,  this  ex- 

22 


338  History  of  the 

travao-ant  and  complicated  externalisra  is  designed 
symbolically  to  favor  and  facilitate  the  new  produc- 
tion of  great  error  in  doctrine  and  worship  re- 
pudiated by  the  distinguished  divines  of  the  Eng- 
lish reformation,  and  condemned  by  our  standards, 
and  which  tend  to  unprotestantise  the  church,  and 
assimilate  it  to  the  corrupt  church  of  Rome.  If  it 
were  a  mere  question  of  aesthetics,  tliougli  we  would 
still  eschew  the  pageantries  and  puerilities  by  which 
some,  from  whom  better  things  were  to  liave  been 
expected,  are  carried  away  captive,  yet  we  would 
less  care  to  remonstrate  and  resist;  but  when  the 
tendency  of  the  innovations  is  to  subvert  scriptural 
truth,  and  pervert  scriptural  worship,  our  solenni 
oath  of  ordination  allows  no  indifference  or  com- 
promise, but  binds  us  expressly  to  "  be  ready  with 
all  faithful  diligence  to  banish  and  drive  away  from 
the  cliurch  all  erroneous  and  strange  doctrines  con- 
trary to  God's  word."  But  if,  as  we  have  stated, 
the  agitating  question  is  simply  one  of  degree,  how 
is  the  proper  gradation  to  be  settled.  The  authori- 
tative rule  is  found  in  the  book  of  common  prayer, 
as  ratified  by  the  general  convention,  and  what  has 
been  the  general  usage  of  this  church  under  that 
directory. 

'•  To  any  ritualism  so  recognized  and  sanctioned 
no  one  may  justly  object,  but  beyond  the  license 
thus  indicated  begins  excess,  wliicli,  being  once  out- 
side the  legitimate  limitation,  may  run  on  to  any 
amount  of  extravagance  which  the  fancy  or  the  folly 
of  the  individual  afi'ects — such  as  the  use  of  fadinsr 


Monumental  Church.  339 

flowers,  cut  off  from  their  roots,  to  symbolize  a  re- 
surrection to  life  ;  groups  of  variegatedly  vested  and 
artistically  attitudinizing  priests,  to  observe  the  sacra- 
ment instituted  with  so  much  simplicity  in  the  upper 
chamber  at  Jerusalem ;  pictorial  representations  of 
the  scenes  and  scriptural  images  of  the  saints  of 
Scripture ;  dramatic  exhibitions  of  the  affecting 
events  of  passion  week,  even  their  consummation  at 
Cavalry  ;  any  thing  and  every  thing  which  sentimen- 
talism  or  superstition  may  crave  to  gratify  its  mor- 
bid appetite.  Thus  churches  are  changed  into  ex- 
hition  halls,  the  people  lose  their  spirituality  in 
sight  seeing,  and  become  mere  gazers  instead  of 
godly  worshippers.  So  it  has  been,  as  the  history 
of  the  church  sadly  testifies.  Tlie  tendencies  are 
still  the  same.  The  proclivity  of  the  natural  heart 
is  to  externalism  in  religion.  So  therefore  it  will 
be  again,  if  legal  limits  are  disregarded,  and  every 
one  is  left  to  introduce  such  innovations  as  are  pleas- 
ing to  liimself. 

"  Brethren,  we  are  one  church,  under  compact  to 
maintain,  as  far  as  may  be,  one  and  the  same  man- 
ner of  public  worship.  And,  worship  in  tliis  church 
where  we  may,  it  is  the  sacred  right  of  eacli  one  of 
us  to  be  secured  against  any  service  or  mode  of  ad- 
ministration not  prescribed  by  the  Book  of  Common 
Prayer,  or  authorized  by  known  usage  which  has  be- 
come our  common  law. 

"Thanks  to  God,  under  His  blessing,  and  by  the 
sober  piety  and  sound  sense  of  the  clergy  and  laity, 
we  have  as  a  diocese  been  signally  preserved  from 


340  History  of  the 

offensive  practices,  which  in  other  places  seem  to  be 
the  order  of  the  day.  Let  us  not,  however,  forget 
our  exposure,  and  that  those  evils,  though  small  at 
their  inception  and  entrance,  are  the  restless  and  in- 
sidious precursors  of  the  corrupt  system  to  which 
they  naturally  pertain.  Continued  exemption  can 
be  expected  only  at  the  cost  of  constant  vigilance. 
Help  me  then,  dear  brethren,  by  your  devout  and 
intelligent  co-operation,  to  keep  our  beloved  church 
in  this  diocese  on  the  scriptural  basis  of  our  book  of 
common  prayer — a  basis  broad  enough  to  allow  all 
reasonable  variety  in  public  worship,  and  any  doc- 
trinal diversity  compatible  with  spiritual  health  and 
eternal  salvation. 

"  Whatever  may  be  the  imperfections  of  that  ex- 
cellent form  of  sound  words,  I  deem  it  less  liable  to 
exception  than  any  similar  provision  of  any  age  or 
section  of  the  Christian  church.  Now  closing  the 
fiftieth  year  of  my  ministry,  I  may  testify  that  I 
have  found  it,  not  a  hindrance,  but  a  wholesome  re- 
straint and  a  precious  help,  I  regard  it  with  in- 
creased admiration  and  love,  and  feel  assured  that 
if  parted  with,  or  materially  changed,  its  like  would 
not  be  obtained  before  the  dawn  of  a  new  dispensa- 
tion." 

The  committee  on  "the  state  of  the  church"  that 
year  submitted  to  tlie  council  the  three  resolutions 
as  follows:  two  of  them  touching  sanitary  regula- 
tions for  observance  within  the  diocese,  and  one  its 
regulations  to  the  church  at  large : 

'■'•First,  That  in  view  of  the  doctrinal  declension 


Monumental  Chuech.  341 

from  the  standards  of  the  charcli,  as  distinctly  Pro- 
testant, which  has  occurred  elsewhere  within  the 
past  thirty  years,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  clergy  of  this 
diocese  to  guard  against  being  lulled  into  security 
by  the  assumption  that  our  people  are  sufficiently 
well  established  in  the  truth,  and  are  free  from 
danger;  and  to  give  more  earnest  heed  to  the  incul- 
cation in  the  pulpit,  the  Sunday-schools  and  Bible- 
classes,  of  the  doctrines  of  those  standards  of  our 
Protestant  church. 

''''Second,  Tliat  in  view  of  these  'novelties'  which 
disturb  the  peace  of  the  church,  and  wound  the  con- 
sciences of  so  many  of  both  clergy  and  laity,  and  of 
the  difficulty  of  arresting  innovations  originating 
from  small  beginnings  in  ornaments,  decorations,  or 
otherwise,  and  of  returning  to  the  simplicity  of 
worsliip  after  the  same  has  been  departed  from,  it 
be  earnestly  recommended  to  the  clergy,  church 
wardens  and  vestries,  strenuously  to  resist  the  intro- 
duction of  any  changes  in  the  forms  and  modes  of 
conducting  public  worship  and  administering  the 
sacraments,-  as  the  same  were  used  in  the  church 
of  England  and  our  own  before  the  rise  of  tracta- 
rianism  and  ritualism. 

'■''Third,  Tliat  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  represented 
by  this  council,  as  a  constituent  part  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  is  ani- 
mated by  heart-felt  love  for  the  Reformed  Protes- 
tant Church  of  our  fathers,  by  a  sincere  desire  for 
its  purity  and  integrity,  and  by  a  just  sense  of  the 
injury  wliich  it  suffers,  in  common  with  others,  when^ 


342  History  of  the 

in  view  of  the  doctrines  preached  and  changes 
introduced  in  those  churches  commonly  called  ritual- 
istic, of  the  systematic  omission  or  rejection  of  its 
constitutional  name  by  some  whose  aim  seems  to  be 
to  unprotestantize  the  churcli,  and  of  the  disastrous 
effects  of  these  and  other  novel  practices  and  teach- 
ings upon  the  peace  and  progress  of  the  church,  it 
does  here  record  its  protest  against  the  further  tole- 
ration of  such  practices  and  teachings  as  being  un- 
lawful, perilous  to  the  unity  of  the  church,  and 
hostile  to  the  Christian  interest,  and  this  council  re- 
verently invokes  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost  to 
continue  with  and  preserve  the  church  as  one  cath. 
■olic  and  apostolic  church. 
"  Signed  hy 

C  W.  Andrews, 
Rev.  Wm.  N.  Pendleton, 
Rev.  Henderson  Suter, 
Rev.  Churchill  J.  Gibson, 
Rev.  Joseph  Packard, 
Rev.  Wm.  Friend, 
Rev.  James  A .  Latane, 
Mr.  Hugh  W.  Shiffey, 
Mr.  R.  C.  L.  Moncure, 
Mr.  Richard  Parker, 
Mr.  R.  H.  Cunningham, 
Mr.  a.  L.  Carter, 
Mr.  p.  H.  Foster. 

1870. 
Parochial  report  of  Monumental    Church,  Rich- 


I 


Monumental  Church.  343 

mood. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D,,  rector ; 
Mr.  John  Tj'ler,  as  lay  delegate;  Mr.  H.  D.  Whit- 
comb,  as  alternate,  to  annual  meeting  of  the  council, 
in  Wheeling,  Ya  ;  but  neither  was  present.  Commu- 
nicants, 217 ;  contributions,  $2,190.21. 

Four  meetings  of  tlie  vestry  were  held  this  fiscal 
year.  The  first  on  the  21st  March,  1870,  when  the 
treasurer  informed  the  vestry  that  the  "  envelope  " 
system  thus  far  was  working  well  in  aid  of  regularity 
of  income.  The  subject  of  the  music  also  occupied 
the  attention  of  those  present;  but  it  was  left  to  the 
music  committee  to  manage  the  best  way  it  could, 
and  to  insure  its  success 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  3rd  of  May, 
when  Mr.  John  Tyler,  as  one  of  the  committee  on 
music,  stated  that  the  services  of  Mrs.  Lockerman 
had  been  again  procured,  and  another  female  voice 
was  necessary  in  the  choir  to  make  the  music  more 
attractive.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  Wm.  S.  P.  Mayo 
was  nominated  and  unanimously  elected  a  member 
of  the  vestry,  to  take  the  place  of  Mr.  Ro.  W.  Pow- 
ers, who  had  resigned.  Mr.  John  Tyler  was  elected 
the  lay  delegate,  and  Mr.  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  the  al- 
ternate, to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  council,  to  be 
held  at  Wheeling,  West  Ya.,  on  the  25th  instant. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  19th  of  October, 
when  Mr.  John  Tyler  mentioned  that  the  committee 
on  music  had  employed  Mr.  Leo  P.  Wheat,  as  organ- 
ist, at  a  salary  of  $100  per  month,  $600  of  it  to  be 
paid  from  the  regular  funds  of  the  church,  and  the 
remainder  to  be  collected  from  certain  contributors 


344  History  of  the 

outside  of  the  cliiirch  funds.  At  this  meeting  Mr. 
J.  y.  L.  McCrery  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
clioir,  to  take  tlie  place  of  Mr.  Rhodes,  who  had 
gone  to  the  west.  It  was  also  decided  to  take  up  an 
afternoon  collection  in  church,  in  addition  to  the 
forenoon,  every  Sunday. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  29th  Novem- 
ber. Mr.  Powers,  the  treasurer,  stated  he  was  not 
then  prepared  to  inform  the  vestry  of  the  exact  con- 
dition of  the  finances  of  tlie  church,  but  would  do  so 
at  an  early  day  in  December.  It  was  at  this  meet- 
ing the  vestry  resolved  to  hold  meetings  ever}'  two 
months  during  the  year. 

1871. 

Parocliial  report  of  Monumental  Cliurch,  Ilich- 
mond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rector, 
and  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers,  lay  delegate,  at  annual 
meeting  of  council  in  Petersburg.  Communicants, 
232 ;  contributions,  $3,122.08. 

Tliere  is  a  sewing  school  attached  to  the  church, 
whicli  meets  every  Saturday  for  two  hours,  and  in 
which  there  are  about  twenty  teachers  and  two  hun- 
dred children.  These  young  girls  are  thus  brought 
into  familiar  contact  with  some  of  the  most  cultivated 
ladies  of  the  city;  and  wliile  at  work  are  instructed 
by  familiar  and  practical  illustrations  in  the  word  of 
God. 

The  vestry  held  ten  meetings  this  fiscal  year,  viz : 
The  6th  December,  when  the  treasurer  reported  the 
financial  condition  of  the  church  so  improved,  that 


Monumental  Church.  345 

the  rector's  salary  was  raised  to  $2,500,  commenc- 
ing with  the  1st  December,  1870,  the  present  month. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  13th  February,  1871, 
when  a  committee  was  appointed  to  look  into  the 
trusteeship  of  tlie  Monumental  Church  property, 
and  report  to  a  future  meeting  of  the  vestry.  That 
committee  was  composed  of  tlie  rector,  Mr.  John 
H.  Tyler,  and  Judge  A.  B.  Guigon. 

The  next  was  held  on  the  10th  April,  when  the 
following  was  adopted : 

""Whereas,  It  has  been  ascertained  that  the  ori- 
ginal trustees  of  the  Monumental  Church  have  long 
since  died,  therefore, 

'■'■  Resolved,  That  the  following  persons,  to-wit: 
John  Tyler,  Richard  H.  Meade,  Peter  II.  Mayo, 
William  H.  Powers,  and  Charles  R.  Skinker,  all  of 
the  city  of  Richmond,  be,  and  are  hereby,  appointed 
in  their  stead,  and  tliat  the  judge  of  the  chancery 
court  of  the  city  of  Richmond  be  requested  to  have 
the    same  placed    on    the    records    of    the    court." 

At  this  meeting  the.  vestry  determined  to  hold 
monthly  meetings,  say  on  tlie  2nd  Monday  of  each 
month. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  16th  of  May, 
when  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers  was  elected  the  dele£i:ate 
from  the  Monumental  Churcli  to  the  annual  meetinsr 
of  the  council  at  Petersburg,  on  Wednesday,  the 
30th  instant.  Messrs.  John  Tyler,  W.  S.  P.  Mayo, 
and  Richard  H.  Meade  were  appointed  members  of 
the  advisory  council  of  tlie  Henrico  Sunday-school 
union,  in  behalf  of  the  Monumental  Church.     Mr. 


346  History  of  the 

John  Tyler,  in  behalf  of  the  committee  on  music, 
made  a  suggestion  in  regard  to  having  the  organ 
thoroughly  overhauled  and  cleaned,  the  cost  being 
estimated  as  $550,  and  the  money  to  be  raised  by  a 
concert  in  the  church,  unless  the  rector  shall  object. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  12th  June, 
when  a  committee  was  appointed  to  unite  with  that 
on  music,  to  learn  if  Mrs.  Lockerman  and  Mr.  Wheat 
will  consent  to  aid  in  a  concert  for  paying  the  cost 
of  cleaning  and  repairing  the  organ.  And  another 
committee  was  appointed  to  look  into  the  cost  and 
best  plan  for  enlarging  the  Sunday-school  room. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  10th  of  July, 
when  the  committee  reported  that  no  serious  diffi- 
culty would  prevent  the  concert  being  given  by  Mrs. 
Lockerman  and  Mr.  Wiieat,  and  it  was  decided  to 
have  the  organ  cleaned  in  the  summer,  while  the 
church  was  closed,  and  during  the  absence  of  the 
rector  on  liis  usual  summer  recreation.  Mr.  Gard- 
ner, in  behalf  of  the  committee  on  the  alterations 
and  repairs  of  the  Sunday-school  room,  submitted  a 
report,  with  a  plan  and  estimate  of  the  cost,  etc.,  and 
the  vestry  gave  the  committee  full  power  to  carry 
out  their  plan  whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
committee,  it  was  thought  advisable. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  11th  of  Septem- 
ber, when  the  registrar  read  a  letter  he  had  received 
from  the  rector  at  Greenwood  Depot,  in  Albemarle 
county,  dated  the  7th,  requesting  notice  to  be  given 
in  the  newspapers  and  churches  that  divine  service 
in  the  Monumental  Churcli  would  be  held  on  the 
following  Sunday,  the  I7th. 


Monumental  Chukch.  3i7 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  27th  of  Septem- 
ber, wlien  the  subject  of  Mr.  Wlieat's  salary  for  a 
new  year  was  discussed,  and  a  communication  made 
to  him  expressive  of  our  satisfaction  of  his  musical 
talent,  as  well  as  his  gentlemanly  deportment  during 
the  time  he  has  acted  as  organist. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  tlie  29tli,  when 
again  the  sul)ject  relative  to  Mr.  Wheat  occupied 
the  attention  of  the  vestry.  He  M'as  present,  and 
gave  his  views  and  proposal  for  another  year. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  10th  of  October, 
and  a  resolution  adopted  stating  the  terms  upon 
which  the  vestry  were  willing  to  make  with  Mr. 
Wheat  for  another  ten  months"  service  as  organist. 
At  this  meeting,  also,  Mr.  Jolm  Tjder  was  authorized 
to  employ  Miss  Julia  Fox,  as  alto  singer,  at  $20  per 
month. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  13th  of  Novem- 
ber, when  it  was  determined  that  tlie  first  Thursday 
in  December  was  the  best  time  to  hold  the  contem- 
plated concert  in  behalf  of  the  cliurch. 

Bisliop  Johns,  in  his  address  in  the  convention  of 
1871,  after  referring  to  the  death  of  two  valuable 
clergymen  of  the  diocese,  the  Rev.  John  Grammer, 
of  Halifax  county,  and  Rev,  H.  W.  L.  Temple,  of 
South  Farnham  Parish,  Essex  county,  mentions 
that  of  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  a  vestryman  of  Grace 
church,  Lexington,  in  a  most  appropriate  manner. 

1872. 
Tlie   annual   meeting  of  tlie   council  was  held  in 


348  History  of  the 

Christ  Church,  Norfolk,  on  Wednesday,  the  .15th 
May.  Present :  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D., 
bishop,  and  Right  Rev.  F.  M.  Whittle,  D.  J).,  assis- 
tant bishop,  with  Rev.  T.  G.  Dashiell,  secretary. 

The  parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church, 
Richmond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rec- 
tor, and  Col.  Ro.  E.  Withers,  lay  delegate,  at  meet- 
ing of  council  in  Norfolk,  15th  May.  Communi- 
cants, 232;  contributions,  S3,489.26. 

We  have  no  parish  school,  but  are  contributors  to 
several  which  are  supported  by  all  the  congrega- 
tions of  the  city.  These  are  established  in  different 
parts  of  the  city.  Tliere  are  several  paid  teachers, 
and  about  300  scholars.  There  is  an  infant  school 
connected  with  it,  numbering  about  45  scholars.  It 
is  very  efficientlj'  taught  by  a  very  devoted  lady.* 
The  present  Sunday-school  l)uilding  is  too  small, 
and  we  are  making  efforts  to  build  a  new  one.  We 
expect  to  begin  the  work  during  the  present  year. 

Ten  monthly  meetings  during  this  hscalj'ear  were 
held  by  the  vestry,  viz:  On  the  11th  December, 
1871,  when  Mr.  James  TI.  Gardner,  our  senior  war- 
den, sent  in  his  resignation,  owing  to  his  enfeebled 
state  of  health ;  but  the  meeting  declined  to  receive 
it,  and  a  committee  was  appointed,  and  requested 
to  wait  upon  him,  and  beg  that  he  would  withdraw 
his  then  determination. 

The  treasurer,  Mr.  Powers,  made  his  annual  ex- 

*  Note. — Miss  Helen  King,  an  old  citizen,  and  of  cheerful 
piety,  and  has  a  remarkable  talent  in  winning  the  affection,  as 
well  as  the  confidence  and  respect,  of  children. 


Monumental  Church.  349 

hibit  of  the  finances  of  tlie  church  up  to  the  1st 
inst.,  which  showed  a  deficit  of  about  $205  between 
the  receipts  and  expenses. 

The  next  meeting  was  lield  on  the  9tli  January, 
1872,  wlien  a  committee  was  appointed  to  wait  upon 
Mrs.  Lockerman  and  Mr.  Wheat,  to  ask  their  ser- 
vices in  a  concert, to  be  held  in  the  "assembly  rooms," 
and  under  the  dii-ection  of  the  clioir  of  our  cliurch, 
to  raise  enough  money  to  paj'  tlie  balance  due  for 
cleaning  and  repairing  the  organ. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  12th  of  Feb- 
ruary, and  a  letter  from  Mr.  Wheat,  of  tiie  30th 
January,  to  Mr.  Powers  was  read,  giving  his  reasons 
for  his  absence  from  the  city,  but  hoped  to  return 
in  a  week  or  two,  and  resume  his  duties  as  organist. 

Mr.  Powers,  in  behalf  of  the  committee  stated  to 
the  meeting  that  he  had  held  one  or  two  conversa- 
tions with  Mr.  Gardner,  and  regretted  to  say  that 
he  still  adhered  to  his  determination,  and  must  de- 
cline acting  as  a  vestryman  for  the  reasons  he  first 
gave;  so  it  was  with  deep  regret  that  his  resigna- 
tion was  accepted.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  Peter  C. 
Warwick  was  elected  to  fill  Mr.  Gardner's  place  as 
vestryman. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  11th  of  March, 
when  the  vestry  elected  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher  as 
senior,  and  Mr.  John  H.  Tyler  as  junior  warden  of 
Monumental  Church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  8th  of  April,  and 
a  long  conversation  ensued  relating  to  the  contem- 
plated concert  in  behalf  of  tlie  debt  due  for  repairs 


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350  History  of  the 

to  the  organ,  and  it  was  decided  that,  if  the  "assem- 
bly room"  conld  not  be  procured,  the  concert  should 
be  held  in  the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  7th  of  May, 
when  Col.  Ko.  E.  Withers  was  elected  the  delegate 
from  the  Monumental  Church,  to  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  council,  to  be  held  in  Norfolk,  on  the 
15th  inst.,  and  Mr.  John  Tyler,  as  the  alternate. 
At  this  meeting  it  was  decided  that  the  concert 
would  be  held  in  the  "assembly  rooms." 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  17th  of  June, 
when  Mr.  Powers,  the  treasurer,  reported  that  $250 
net  had  been  obtained  from  the  concert,  and  the 
amount  paid  in  full  towards  the  organ  debt.  At 
this  meeting  Mr.  Woodbridge  announced  that  the 
ladies  of  the  sewing  society  desired  to  appropriate 
the  funds  in  their  hands  towards  recarpeting  the 
chancel  and  aisles  of  the  church,  and  also  to  paint 
the  wood  work  inside  the  church,  and  the  vestry 
very  willingly  consented  to  their  wishes. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  1st  of  July^ 
when  the  committee  on  the  plan  for  removing  the 
old  Sunday-school  room  from  its  present  position,  to 
the  east  side  of  the  church,  was  requested  to  make 
a  report  as  soon  as  possible.  And  the  thanks  of  the 
vestry  were  returned  to  the  ladies  of  the  congrega- 
tion for  their  liberality  in  providing  the  carpeting 
for  the  chancel  and  aisles  of  the  church;  but  that  the 
painting  of  the  wood  work  must  be  paid  for  out  of 
the  regular  funds  of  the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  26th  of  July^ 


I 


Monumental  Chukch.  351 

when  the  plnn  of  Mr.  Lee,  the  architect,  for  build- 
ing the  new  Sunday-school  was  submitted  for  con- 
sideration, and  Messrs.  Peter  H.  Mayo  and  Peter 
C.  Warwick,  were  added  to  the  committee,  to  carry 
out  the  same  as  tlien  proposed.  Mr,  Powers,  in  be- 
half of  the  committee  on  music,  stated  that  Mrs. 
Loclverman  and  Mr.  Wheat  had  consented  to  take 
their  parts  in  tlie  clioir  for  another  year  from  the 
first  of  October,  npon  the  same  terms  as  this  year. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  11th  of  Novem- 
ber, when  Mr.  Powers,  in  behalf  of  the  committee 
on  repairs  and  painting  the  wood  work  of  the  church, 
made  a  report  of  the  cost  for  same.  It  was  decided  at 
this  meeting  to  increase  the  pew  rents,  not  exceeding 
25  per  cent.,  as  the  present  rate  was  insufficient  to 
pay  the  rector's  salai-y.  The  rector  called  the  atten- 
tion of  the  vestry  to  some  resolutions  on  "  church 
music,"  wliich  had  been  adopted  by  the  last  council, 
and  expressed  his  wisli  that  a  plainer  style  of  music 
in  the  Monumental  Church  should  be  practised,  and 
tliat  lie  would  inform  Mr.  Wheat  accordingly. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  his  address  this  year,  again  calls 
the  attention  of  the  churcli  in  Virginia,  to  the  sub- 
ject of  small  beginnings  in  ritualistic  exhibit — such 
as  pieces  of  chancel  furnitnre,  whicli  are  called 
"altars,"  instead  of  the  usual  "table"  for  the  Lord's 
Supper.  He  deprecates  the  name  of  "altar" — for 
it  is  the  word  "table"  which  is  used  in  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  This  is  the  scriptural  name  for 
that  on  which,  not  a  sacrifice  is  to  be  offered,  but 
the   Lover s   Sapper    administered.       He    also    ad- 


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352  History  of  the 

monishes  and  strongly  deprecates  the  habit  of  round 
dancins:,  especially  by  communicants,  and  that 
ministers  must  make  every  appeal  in  their  power  to 
those  who  practice  it,  to  give  it  up,  and  if  they  will 
not  do  so,  then  the  painful  duty  of  suspension  from 
the  communion  must  ensue. 

1873. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rector ; 
and  Mr.  Peter  C.  Warwick,  lay  delegate,  to  meeting 
of  council,  in  Wincliester,  21st  May.  Communi- 
cants, 243  ;  contributions,  $4,507.87. 

The  ladies'  sewing  society  attached  to  the  church 
has  been  very  active  during  the  past  year.  The 
proceeds  of  their  labor  has  amounted  to  nearly  $550, 
with  which  they  have  carpeted  and  painted  the 
interior  of  the  church.  This  amount  is  not  included 
in  tlie  contributions  above  stated.  We  trust  the  new 
Sunday-school  will  l)e  built  during  the  present  sum- 
mer. 

Twelve  meetings  of  the  vestry  were  held  this 
fiscal   year,  commencmg  with    the  9th    December, 

1872,  when  the  treasurer  made  his  annual  report  of 
the  finances  of  the  church,  and  it  was  thought  that 
the  addition  levied  upon  the  pew-rents  would  be  suf- 
ficient to  meet  the  deficiency  which  then  existed,  say 
about  $340. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  13th  of  January, 

1873,  and  no  special  matter  was  brought  before  the 
vestry,  except  that  of  the  music,  and  it  was  under- 


Monumental  Church.  353 

stood  that  its  character  should  be  in  conformity  with 
the  wishes  of  the  rector. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  10th  of  February, 
and  a  like  conversation  was  held  and  determined 
upon. 

The  next  was  on  the  10th  of  March,  when  the 
new  Sunday-school  room  occupied  the  attention  of 
those  present. 

The  next  was  on  the  17th  March,  when  the  rector 
announced  the  sudden  death  of  our  late  esteemed  and 
much  beloved  brother  vestryman,  Mr.  W.  S.  P.  Mayo ; 
and  very  suitable  resolutions  were  offered  and 
adopted  on  this  distressing  occasion,  and  which  are 
duly  recorded  upon  the  minutes  of  tliat  meeting. 

The  next  was  held  on  the  14tli  of  April,  when 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  our  late  brother 
vestryman,  Mr.  W.  S.  P.  Mayo,  was  filled  by  the 
election  of  Mr.  H.  D.  Whitconib,  a  worthy  and 
zealous  member  and  communicant  of  the  Monumen- 
tal Church. 

The  next  meeting  was  lield  on  the  12tli  of  May 
when  Col.  Ro.  E.  Withers  was  elected  the  lay  dele- 
gate from  the  Monumental  Cliurcli  to  tlie  annual 
meeting  of  the  council,  to  be  held  in  Winchester,  on 
Wednesday,  the  21st  instant.  Mr  Richard  Hall  at 
this  meeting  tendered  his  resignation  as  vestryman. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  8th  of  Jnne, 
when  Mr.  Charles  R.  Skinker  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber to  fill  the  place  of  Mr.  Richard  Hall,  who  had 
resigned.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  John  Tyler  ten- 
dered his  resignation  as  a  member  of  the  music  com- 

23 


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354  History  of  the 

mittee,  and  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers  was  elected  in  his 
place. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  16th  of  July, 
and  the  ladies  of  the  sewing  society  again  came  to 
the  aid  of  the  church,  and  proffered  $100  towards 
painting  the  outside  of  the  church;  and  a  resolution 
was  adopted,  thanking  the  ladies  for  tlieir  generous 
offer,  and  accepting  tlie  same.  At  this  meeting  Mr. 
John  H.  Tyler  tendered  his  resignation  as  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  music,  and  Mr.  R.  H.  Meade 
and  Peter  H,  Maj'o  were  elected  members  of  the 
same. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  10th  Septem- 
ber, when  authority  was  given  the  committee  on 
music  to  employ  Mr.  Wlieat  as  organist  upon  same 
terms  as  tlie  past  year. 

The  next  meeting  was  lield  on  the  14th  of  October, 
and  the  treasurer  was  empowered  to  pay  forty  dol- 
lars towards  the  publication  of  a  Sunday-school 
newspaper,  called  "  Early  Days."  A  committee  was 
appointed  at  this  meeting  to  solicit  aid  towards  the 
completion  of  the  new  Sunday-school  room. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  vestry  was  held  on  the 
10th  Kovember,  and  Mr.  John  Tyler  made  a  verbal 
report  in  regard  to  the  progress  the  committee  was 
making  about  the  new  Sunday-school  room. 

18  74. 
Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  rector ;  and  Wm. 
H.  Powers,  lay  delegate  to  the  council  at  Charlottes- 


Monumental  Church.  355 

ville,  20th  May.  Communicants,  234 ;  contribu- 
tions, $6,344.76.  The  church  has  built  during  the 
past  year  a  very  hirge  and  commodious  lecture  and 
Sunday-school  room,  at  a  cost  of  about  $3,000. 

The  ladies'  sewing  society  has,  during  the  last 
year,  as  heretofore,  done  most  efficient  work. 

The  vestry  convened  this  fiscal  year  fourteen 
times.  The  lirst  meeting  was  on  tlie  8th  December, 
1873,  when  tlie  treasurer  made  a  condensed  state- 
ment of  the  finances  of  the  church  up  to  the  1st 
inst.;  but  a  quorum  not  being  present,  the  meeting 
adjourned  to  the  15th,  when  a  quorum  was  present, 
and  confirmed  the  proceedings  of  the  first  meeting 
and  adopted  the  treasurer's  report. 

The  next  was  on  the  12th  of  January,  1874,  and 
owing  to  the  small  collections  I'eported  towards  the 
debt  of  the  new  Sunday-school  room,  it  was  agreed 
that  the  committee  on  music,  with  the  consent  of  the 
rector,  should  take  steps  towards  raising  funds,  by 
one  or  more  church  concerts.  The  next  meetins: 
was  called  for  the  10th  of  February,  but  no  quorum 
present. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  9tli  of  March,  when 
the  subject  again  came  up  in  regard  to  a  concert,  and 
it  was  decided  that  Mr.  Wheat  would  take  the 
necessary  steps  to  have  the  concert  immediately 
after  Easter.  Mr.  Wheat  was  also  granted  his  ap- 
plication to  hold  a  sacred  concert  in  the  church  for 
the  poor  of  the  city. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  20th  of  April, 
and  it  was  decided  to  elect   the  delegate  to  the  an- 


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356  History  of  the 

nual  meeting  of  tlie- council,  to  beheld  in  Charlottes- 
ville, the  third  Wednesday  in  May,  whereupon  Mr, 
Wm,  H.  Powers  was  duly  chosen  as  the  lay  dele- 
gate from  the  Monumental  Church. 

The  next  was  held  on  the  11th  of  May,  when  the 
committee  on  music  informed  the  vestry  that  the 
26th  of  this  month  had  been  fixed  upon  to  hold  the 
concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  church.  At  this  meet- 
ing also,  the  services  to  be  held  on  Whit  Sunday 
afternoon  in  the  Monumental  Church,  by  request 
of  the  English  settlers  in  Virginia,  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  birth  day  of  Queen  Victoria,  were  freely 
discussed,  and  the  rector  and  vestry  consented  to 
the  arrangement. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  8th  June, 
when  a  statement  was  rendered  by  the  treasurer  up 
to  the  1st  of  the  month,  exhibiting  an  indebtedness 
of  about  $600.  A  resolution  of  thanks,  offered  by 
Mr.  Mayo,  to  Mr.  Wheat  and  other  members  of  the 
choir,  for  the  aid  rendered  the  church  by  the  late 
concert,  the  proceeds  of  which  had  gone  towards 
the  debt  due  for  the  new  Sunday-school  room,  was 
unanimously  adopted,  and  a  copy  sent  to  Mr.  Wheat, 
accordingly. 

The  next  two  meetings  were  held  on  the  13th 
July  and  10th  August,  but  no  quorum  present. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  14th  Septem- 
ber, at  which  the  cost  of  the  music  for  the  coming 
year  was  discussed,  and  the  committee  was  requested 
to  inform  the  vestry  upon  the  subject,  as  well  as  the 
prospect  for  a  continuance  of  the  music,  as  soon  as 


Monumental  Church.  357 

practicable.  And  a  committee  was  also  appointed, 
the  rector  assisting,  to  liave  a  smaller  reading  desk 
or  lecturn  made  for  the  convenience  of  the  chancel, 
the  present  one  being  too  large. 

The  next  was  held  on  the  5th  of  October,  but  tlie 
committee  on  music  was  not  ready  to  make  their  re- 
port. At  this  meeting  the  mode  of  taking  up  the 
alms  in  the  church  morning  and  afternoon  was  the 
subject  of  some  discussion ;  the  vestry  decided  that 
the  rector  was  the  ])roper  person  to  determine  the 
matter,  and  they  preferred  to  carry  out  his  wishes. 

The  next  was  iield  on  the  12th  of  same  month, 
when  Mr.  Skinker  was  added  to  the  committee  on 
music;  and  the  committee  was  authorized  to  procure 
the  services  of  an  organist  and  four  choir  singers  as 
speedily  as  they  could,  and  that  $1,000  would  not 
be  exceeded  as  the  cost  of  the  music  for  a  year 
from  the  funds  of  the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  9th  November, 
at  wliich  Mr,  Powers  reported  that  the  committee 
on  music  had  nearly  succeeded  in  securing  a  full 
choir. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  at  this  meeting  to  in- 
crease the  insurance  upon  the  church  building 
$5,000,  besides  tlie  $3,000  on  tlie  new  Sunday-school 
room  on  the  east  side  of  the  cliurch.  The  subject 
was  also  discussed  at  this  meeting  of  painting  the 
outside  of  the  church  building,  and  some  other  re- 
pairs to  be  made,  and  the  treasurer  was  requested  to 
have  an  estimate  made  of  the  same  for  future  con- 
sideration. 


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358  History  of  the 

1875. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond.— Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rector ; 
and  Mr.  Peter  H.  Mayo,  lay  delegate  to  annual 
meeting  of  council,  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Richmond, 
19tli  May.  Communicants,  237 ;  contributions, 
$2,346.20. 

The  vestry  liave,  during  the  year,  put  a  new  (tin) 
roof  on  the  church,  at  a  cost  of  about  $800,  a  part 
of  which  has  been  paid  by  tlie  ladies'  sewing  society. 
The  sewing  society  are  a  band  of  faithful  workers, 
and  have  proved  a  most  faitliful  and  ctticient  auxili- 
ary to  the  vestry. 

Twelve  meetings  of  the  vestry  were  lield  this  fis- 
cal year,  commencing  with  tlie  1st  of  December, 
1874,  at  which  meeting  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  contract  for  tinning  the  roof  of  the  church  as 
early  as  may  be,  and  of  raising  tlie  money  to  pay  for 
it.  The  committee  on  music  read  a  correspondence 
which  had  taken  place  with  tlie  organist,  as  to  the 
terms,  etc.,  for  the  present  year,  and  it  was  again 
resolved  to  give  the  committee  ample  authority  to 
procure  the  services  of  the  choir,  on  such  terms  as 
the  committee  thought  advisable. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  14th  of  the  same 
month,  when  an  exhibit  was  made  by  the  treasurer, 
and  the  amount  of  the  cliurch  debt  (including  $700 
for  the  new  tin  roof,)  was  reported  to  be  $1,433.58. 
And  at  this  meeting  it  was  decided  to  increase  tlie 
pew  rents,  in  order  to  pay  off  the  debt.  The  main 
or  middle  aisle  pews  were  raised  to  $90,  the  sides  to 


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Monumental  Chubch.  359 

),  and  the  wall  pews  to  $36  each  for  a  year.  At 
this  meeting  a  contract,  which  had  been  signed  by 
the  committee  and  the  members  of  the  choir,  as  to 
compensation  for  their  services  for  ten  months  of 
the  year,  was  read  and  approved  by  the  vestry. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  11th  of  January, 
1875,  and  the  committee  on  repairs  reported  that 
the  new  tin  roof  on  the  church  was  about  completed, 
and  authority  was  given,  by  a  resolution  of  the 
vestry,  to  the  committee  to  execute  a  negotiable  note 
for  the  same,  at  such  date  as  the  contractor  was  will- 
ing to  receive.  Some  conversation  was  held  upon 
the  subject  of  making  the  pews  free,  and  raising 
revenue  by  a  more  voluntary  system,  but  it  was  not 
thought  expedient  at  this  time  to  enter  into  such  a 
plan,  being  a  new  one  to  nearly  all  our  churches. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  8tli  of  February, 
when  Mr.  John  Tyler  announced  that  the  small  new 
reading  stand  was  finished,  and  would  at  once  be 
placed  in  the  chancel  for  future  use. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  15th  of  March,, 
when  the  committee  on  repairs  reported  an  addi- 
tional sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  had  been  required 
to  tin  tiie  roof  of  the  tower  connected  with  the  main 
building,  and  which  was  not  included  in  the  original 
amount  of  $700.  The  report  was  approved.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  return  the  thanks  of  the 
vestry  to  the  sewing  society  and  other  ladies  of  the 
congregation,  for  the  liberal  sum  of  $150  wliich 
they  had  contrilnited  towards  the  payment  due  for 
the  new  roof  on  the  building,  as  well  as  towards  the 
new  Sunday-school  room. 


360  History  of  the 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  12th  April,  but  the 
inclemency  of  the  weather  prevented  a  quorum. 
The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  3rd  of  May,  when 
the  rector  presented  a  communication  from  a  Mr. 
Thos.  J.  Jackson,  ciiairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  "  English  Settlers'  Association  in  Vir- 
ginia," asking  the  consent  of  the  rector  and  vestry 
of  the  Monumental  Church,  to  have  similar  church 
services  as  the  previous  j'ear,  to  be  held  on  Sunday 
afternoon,  the  23rd  instant,  designed  especially  in 
honor  of  the  birth  day  of  Queen  Victoria.  Mr. 
Fotts,  one  of  the  vestry,  fully  endorsed  the  letter  of 
Mr.  Jackson,  and  the  vestry  took  pleasure  in  com- 
plying with  its  request.  The  meeting  then  ap- 
pointed as  the  la}^  delegate  to  tlie  council,  to  be 
held  in  Richmond,  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  the 
month.  Col.  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  and  Mr.  Peter  H. 
Mayo  as  alternate,  to  represent  the  Monumental 
Church.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  make  an 
-examination  of  the  part  of  the  gallery  supporting 
the  organ,  and  also  of  a  plan  for  enlarging  the 
■chancel,  and  report  to  a  future  meeting. 

The  next  was  held  on  ihe  14tli  of  June,  and  while 
the  committee  was  not  fully  pi-epared  to  report  upon 
both  of  the  mattei's  for  their  consideration,  enough 
was  known  that  no  serious  apprehension  need  be 
entertained  as  to  the  strength  of  the  gallery  which 
supports  the  organ.  The  treasurer  gave  a  short  and 
condensed  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  finances 
up  to  the  1st  of  the  month,  when  the  entire  amount 
of  indebtedness  did  not  exceed  $825. 


Monumental  Church.  361 

Tlie  next  meeting  was  on  the  19tli  of  July,  but  a 
quorum  was  not  present.  The  next  meeting  was 
held  on  the  6th  of  August,  and  the  treasurer  read 
a  note  to  him  from  the  rector  on  the  subject  of  the 
contemplated  frescoing  and  other  repairs  to  be  done 
to  the  church  during  his  absence  in  the  summer.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  have  the  work  done  as 
speedily  as  possible,  and  for  raising  tlie  necessary 
amount  of  money.  Five  of  tlie  vestry  and  two  from 
the  congregation  were  appointed  the  committee. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  4th  of  October. 
The  committee  on  repairs  was  not  prepared  to  make 
a  report  in  full,  but  it  was  generally  believed  the 
work  would  all  be  done  by  the  first  of  November; 
in  the  mean  time  regular  services  were  held  in  our 
large  couifortable  Sunday-school  room. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  8tli  of  ISovem- 
ber,  but  as  the  work  in  the  clun-ch  was  still  unfinished,- 
the  conmiittee  made  no  special  report;  but  much  in- 
terest was  manifested  among  the  members  as  to  the 
finish  which  the  artist  would  give  to  the  dome  and 
chancel  ceiling.  Much  had  to  be  left  to  him,  for 
the  high  and  close  scaffolding,  necessary  to  reach 
the  dome  and  lantern,  prevented  those  below  from 
seeing  the  work  as  it  progressed. 

Bishop  Johns,  in  his  annual  report  of  this  year, 
under  date  of  16th  August,  says:  ''I  preached  in 
St.  Paul's,  Alexandria.  This  was  the  last  public 
service  I  performed  for  some  weeks.  The  periodical 
infirmity  to  which  I  have  long  been  annually  sub- 
jected, combined  with  a  serious  injury  to  one  of  my 


362  History  of  the 

feet,  disabled  me  from  duty,  and  contined  me  to  the 
house  until  the  16th  of  October,  when  I  managed  to 
reach  New  York,  after  the  general  convention  had 
been  in  session  a  week.  I  have  no  reason  to  regret 
the  effort  to  be  present.  That  convention,  in  respect- 
ability, talent,  and  courtesy,  was  certainly  unsur- 
passed by  any  similar  assembly  with  which  I  am  ac- 
quainted. Althougli  all  we  may  have  deemed  desir- 
able was  not  attained,  enough  was  accomplished  in 
reference  to  matters  of  great  importance  to  afford 
us  sincere  satisfaction. 

"The  overture  for  an  organic  connection  with  tlie 
church  of  England,  the  scheme  to  introduce  the  pro- 
vincial system,  and  the  proposal  to  establish  a  ge- 
neral court  af  appeals,  measures  which  were  calcu- 
lated to  complicate  and  revolutionize  the  simple 
constitution  under  whicli  we  have  signally  prospered, 
and  to  disintegrate  our  confederation,  soon  enough 
for  the  most  impatient  separatist,  were  all  defeated 
with  an  emphasis  not  to  be  mistaken. 

"  In  regard  to  ritualism,  I  cared  little  for  new 
legislation,  believing,  as  I  did,  the  existing  provi- 
sions to  be  amply  adequate  for  all  proper  discipline. 
Yet,  as  the  canon  passed  is  in  iact  only  declaratory, 
1  did  not  hesitate  to  vote  for  its  adoption. 

"It  has  from  various  quarters  been  assailed  by 
criticism,  and  even  by  questionable  levity,  all  of 
which  would  perhaps  have  been  prevented  by  fuller 
information  as  to  the  history  of  tlie  proceedings. 
The  concession  as  to  the  use  of  the  baptismal  office, 
so  earnestly  souglit   by  many,  and   favored  by  the 


MONUMKNTAL  ChUKCH.  363 

known  wish  of  this  diocese,  thongh  not  accorded  to 
the  memorialists,  received  a  consideration  which  does 
not  disconrage  the  hope  that  the  day  is  coming 
when  the  occasion  of  complaint  will  be  satisfactorilj 
removed.  Meanwhile,  as  the  faulted  phrase  is  no 
innovation,  but  the  language  of  the  formularies  of 
this  church  from  its  organization,  and  of  the  Refor- 
mers in  England  and  on  the  continent,  and  as  it  has 
been  judiciously  decided  that  its  import  harmonizes, 
as  I  verily  believe  it  does,  with  the  views  of  baptism 
maintained  by  the  school  of  theology  to  which  the 
memorialists  belong,  I  can  see  no  reason  why  they 
may  not,  with  good  conscience,  minister  as  tlieir  fa- 
thers have  done,  trusting  to  the  power  of  truth  and 
the  prevalency  of  pra\'er,  to  dispose  their  brethren 
to  an  adjustment  whicli  may  accommodate  the  peti- 
tioners without  disturbing  the  principles  of  others. 
More  than  this  ought  not  to  be  sought,  and  short  of" 
this  would  be  insufficient. 

"After  my  return  from  the  convention,  in  answer 
to  many  inquiries,  I  expressed  my  conviction  that 
the  proceedings  of  that  body,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  conventions  of  1869  and  1871,  form  a 
reaffirmation  of  the  Protestant  character  of  this 
church,  and  a  pledge  to  maintain  it  unimpaired. 
Subsequent  events  have  strengthened  this  conviction. 
I  am  happy  to  repeat  it  hero,  that  my  brethren  may 
share  with  me  in  tlie  satisfaction  it  aifords." 

Again,  Bishop  Johns,  undei-  date  of  January  27, 
1875,  says:  "In  Christ  Church,  Baltimore,  I  was 
present  at  the  consecration  of  tlie  Rev.  T.  U.  Dudley, 


364  History  of  the 

D.  D.,  as  assistant  bishop  of  Kentucky,  participated 
in  the  servnces,  and  by  appointment,  preached  the 
consecration  sermon.  As  Bishop  Dudley  is  a  native 
of  Virginia,  a  graduate  of  her  University,  an  alum- 
nus of  our  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  for  some 
time  a  presbyter  of  this  diocese,  1  again  felt  that  we 
were  called  to  part  with  another  of  our  valued  sons, 
to  endure  the  toils  and  bear  the  trials  incident  to  the 
western  Episcopate.  The  conflict  which  was  in- 
separable from  the  painful  circumstances  of  this 
surrender  was  indeed  controlled  by  the  persuasion 
that  his  heart  was  in  the  foruddable  work  for  which 
the  grace  of  God  had  rendered  him  apt  and  meet, 
and  that  his  brethren  at  home  would  be  compensated 
for  their  loss  by  the  assurances  of  his  faithful  and 
acceptable  services,  and  of  his  lionored  instrumen- 
tality in  furthering  the  precious  gospel  of  their  dear 
Lord  and  Saviour."* 

18  7  6. 

Bishop  Whittle  opened  liis  annual  report  on 
Thursday,  in  the  following  melancholy  strain  : 

"  My  dear  brethren,  clerical  and  lay,  it  is  under 
peculiarly  sad  and  solemn  circumstances  that  we  are 
assembled  in  the  eighty-first  council  of  onr  church 
in  Virginia.  Our  venerable  and  beloved  Bishop 
Johns  said,  in  his  address  to  us  twelve  months  ago, 
'  During  the  past  year  not  one  of  the  clergy  canoni- 

*NoTE. — Bishop  Dudley  was  born  and  raised  in  the  city  of 
llichmond,  and  a  Sunday-school  scholar  in  the  "Monumental 
Church. " 


Monumental  Church.  365 

cally  connected  with  tliis  diocese  lias  been  removed 
by  deatli.' 

"  But  how  dili'ereut  the  report  I  most  make  to  jou 
to-day  !  We  had  liardly  adjourned,  and  while  most 
of  us  were  on  our  way  to  our  homes,  the  Rev,  Chas. 
W.  Andrews,  D.  D.,  rector  of  Trinity  church,  Shep- 
herdstown,  who  had  been  arrested  by  sickness  in 
Fredericksburg  on  his  way  to  the  council,  after  a 
most  faithful  and  useful  ministry  of  forty-three  years, 
on  the  24th  of  May,  1875,  ceased  from  his  labors, 
and  entered  into  the  rest  which  remaineth  for  the 
people  of  God.  No  words  of  eulogy  are  needed 
from  me  of  one  so  well  known,  not  only  in  our  own 
diocese,  but  throughout  our  entire  Church;  and 
wherever  known,  so  much  admired  for  his  superior 
talents,  aiid  loved  for  his  devout  and  earnest  Christian 
spirit.  It  is  enough  to  say  of  him,  that  he  '  fought  the 
good  fight,  and  finished  his  conrse,  and  kept  the 
faith  ;'  and  we  doubt  not  has  received  the  crown  of 
righteousness  which  the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge, 
has  laid  up  for  all  them  who  love  His  appearing. 

"  Dr.  Andrews  was  followed,  September  13,  by 
the  Rev.  Mark  L.  Chevers,  after  a  pilgrimage  of 
four  score  years,  more  than  fifty- one  of  which  were 
faithfully  spent,  chiefly  as  chaplain  of  the  United 
States  army  at  Fortress  Monroe,  in  the  ministry  of 
his  Saviour,  whom  he  loved. 

"  On  the  1st  of  November,  1875,  Rev.  William  C. 
Meredith,  D.  D.,  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Winchester, 
as  noble  and  manly  a  Christian  as  one  rarely  meets 
with    in    this    world,    after    several    months'    sick- 


566  History  of  the 

ness,  closed  his  ministry  of  more  than  thirty  years, 
and  cahnly  and  peacefully  departed  to  be  present 
with  the  Lord. 

The  Rev.  Charles  E.  Ambler,  late  rector  of  the 
churches  in  Middletown  and  Front  Royal,  was  the 
next  to  follow.  A  purer  and  more  lovable  Cln-is- 
tian  character  it  was  never  my  privilege  to  know.  I 
am  not  informed  as  to  the  day  or  montii  of  his  de- 
cease. He  had  been  for  many  years  in  declining 
health ;  but  while  the  outward  man  decayed,  the 
inward  man  was  renewed  day  by  day,  so  that  when 
his  change  came,  we  doubt  not,  an  abundant  en- 
trance was  administered  unto  him  into  the  everlast- 
ing kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

"The  Rev.  John  W.  Magill,  after  a  brief  but  faith- 
ful and  promising  ministry  of  little  more  than  a 
year,  as  re(;tor  of  St.  Jolm's  Churcli,  Petersburg,  re- 
turned in  broken  health  to  his  native  Ireland,  where, 
in  his  fatlier's  house,  on  the  19th  of  March,  1876,  he 
died  'in  the  confidence  of  a  certain  faith,  and  in  the 
comfort  of  a  reasonable,  religious,  and  holy  hope.' 

"Thus,  during  the  past  year,  five  of  our  faithful 
and  beloved  presbyters  have  been  called  from  the 
sweet  toils  and  cares  of  the  church  militant  to  the 
glorious  rewards  of  the  church  triumphant.  They 
had  diversities  of  gifts,  but  they  were  all  sanctified 
and  governed  by  the  same  Holy  Spirit.  When  we 
call  to  mind  their  characters  and  their  lives,  we  can- 
not but  feel  that  in  the  loss  of  so  many  and  such 
men  we  have  been  greatly  afflicted.  But  '  whom 
the  Lord  loveth  he  chasteneth.'      Blessed  be  His 


Monumental  Church.  367 

holy  name,  M^e  sorrow  not  even  as  others  who  have 
no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  that  Jesus  died  and  rose 
again,  even  so  these  dear  brethren  also,  who  sleep 
in  Jesus,  will  God  bring  with  Him.  We  give  Him 
hearty  thanks  for  the  good  examples  of  all  these  His 
servants,  who,  having  finished  their  course  in  faith, 
do  now  rest  from  their  labors.  And  may  it  be  the 
prayer  and  effort  of  our  lives  that,  when  our  appointed 
work  is  done,  we,  with  them,  may  have  our  perfect 
consummation  and  bliss,  both  in  body  and  soul,  in 
His  eternal  and  everlasting  glory,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord. 

"But  the  greatest  sorrow  for  the  whole  diocese 
was  yet  to  come.  Our  beloved  bishop,  the  Right 
Rev.  John  Johns,  was  stricken  with  sickness  on  13th 
March,  and  after  lingering  with  us  amidst  our  hopes 
and  our  fears  until  midnight  of  4th  of  April,  l,ie 
finished  his  course  with  joy,  and  the  ministry  which 
he  had  received  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  to  testify  the 
gospel  of  the  grace  of  God.  His  end  was  not  only 
peaceful,  but  triumpliant.  God  had  given  him  for 
long  and  important  service  in  His  Church.  His 
ministry  extended  through  a  period  of  within  one 
month  of  fifty-seven  years ;  the  record  of  his  abun- 
dant labors,  as  bishop  and  assistant  bishop,  during 
nearly  thirty-three  of  those  years,  being  spread  on 
the  pages  of  your  journals.  I  can  add  nothing  to 
what  has  been  pul)lished  by  individuals,  vestries,  and 
other  bodies  in  regard  to  the  character  and  life  and 
work  of  the  dear  departed.  I  will  merely  testify 
that  he  ever  treated  me  with  the  kindness  and  con- 


368  History  of  the 

tideiice  of  a  fatlier.  The  better  I  came  to  know 
him,  during  my  intimate  association  with  him  for 
nearly  eight  years,  the  more  I  admired  him  for  his 
ffreat  and  varied  abilities,  and  loved  him  for  his 
Christian  virtues.  Bnt  he  has  gone  !  The  place 
amongst  us  which  so  long  knew  him  sliall  know  him 
no  more  for  ever.  Surely  his  loss  to  me  can  never  be 
repaired.  May  a  double  portion  of  his  spirit  rest 
on  his  unworthy  successor,  and  may  God's  strength 
be  made  perfect  in  my  weakness.  May  we,  my  dear 
clerical  brethren,  be  enabled  by  the  Holy  Spirit  to 
preach  Christ  as  uniformly,  as  simply,  and  as  ear- 
nestl}^  as  he  preached  Him;  and  may  we  all,  minis- 
ters and  laymen,  receive  grace  to  follow  Christ  as  he 
followed  Him.  Lo,  and  what  more  can  we  desire! 
May  we  die  the  death  of  this  eminent  servant  of 
God,  and  our  last  end  be  like  his!" 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Eich- 
mond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rector, 
and  Mr.  Peter  C.  Warwick,  lay  delegate  to  the 
council,  held  in  Alexandria,  on  Wednesday,  17th 
May,  1876.  Communicants,  248;  contributions, 
$6,654.75. 

Thirteen  meetings  of  the  vestry  for  the  fiscal  year^ 
ending  with  November,  1876,  were  held.  The  first 
on  the  13th  December,  1875,  when  a  very  small  de- 
ficit upon  the  current  expenses  of  the  cliurch  for  the 
past  year  was  exhibited  by  the  statement  of  the 
treasurer.  At  the  same  time,  a  balance  due  for  tin- 
ning the  roof  of  the  church,  amounting  to  $525,  was 
still  unsettled.    The  treasurer  estimates  the  income  for 


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Monumental  Chuech,  369 

the  coming  year  at  $4,825,  and  the  expenses  at  $4,250. 
At  this  meeting  it  was  determined  in  future,  whenever 
marriages  shall  take  place  in  the  Monumental  Church,, 
that  none  should  go  in  unless  a  card  of  invitation 
from  the  parties  to  be  married  was  presented  at  the 
door.  This  regulation  was  made  by  St.  Paul's  and 
other  churches,  as  well  as  the  Monumental,  owing 
to  the  improper  conduct  of  many  persons  standing 
upon  the  seats,  as  well  as  other  irreverent  behavior. 
The  thanks  of  the  vestry  at  this  meeting  were  re- 
turned to  the  rector  and  vestry  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
for  their  kindness  in  offering  us  the  privilege  of  di- 
vine service  by  our  own  minister  in  the  afternoon, 
for  three  months,  while  the  painting  and  other  re- 
pairs were  going  on  in  the  Monumental.  And  it 
was  ordered  that  the  treasurer  shall  pay  twenty-five 
dollars  to  the  sexton  of  St.  Paul's  church  for  his  at- 
tention to  our  congregation  during  the  temporary 
period  we  used  St.  Paul's  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  an  adjourned  one,  held  on 
the  20th  of  same  month,  when  the  committee  on  the 
painting  and  repairs  to  the  church  during  the  past 
summer  and  fall  made  a  report  of  the  aggregate 
amount,  so  far  as  the  bills  had  come  in,  for  the  work 
done,  which  amounted  to  the  sum  of  $2,972.72.  But 
the  committee  asked  for  further  time  to  make  a  re- 
port more  in  detail  as  to  the  sum  already  paid  to- 
wards the  bills  rendered,  and  also  towards  some 
work  yet  to  do,  and  not  embraced  in  the  above;  and 
the  committee  also  wanted  time  to  mature  a  plan 
for  raising  the  money  necessary  towards  the  unpaid 
24 


k 


370  History  of  the 

part  of  the  bills  rendered.     The  thanks  of  the  ves- 
try were  also  returned  to  the  ladies  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  the  sewing  society  of  tlie  same,  for  the 
liberal  sum  contributed  by  them  towards  the  deb 
just  incurred. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  tlie  10th  January,  1876, 
but  a  quorum  was  not  present,  and  the  meeting  in- 
formal. The  next  was  held  on  the  14th  of  Feb- 
ruary, but  the  rector  was  too  sick  to  be  prssent,  and 
Mr.  Thomas  U.  Dudley  acted  as  chairman.  The 
committee  on  repairs  were  not  ready  with  any  fur- 
ther report,  and  no  other  business  was  acted  upon. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  13th  of  March, 
when  the  committee  on  the  late  repairs  made  a  satis- 
factory report,  giving  in  detail  the  cost  of  the  work, 
both  inside  and  outside  of  the  building,  aggregating 
the  sum  of  $3,046.99.  After  deducting  the  amount 
already  collected,  and  what  is  promised,  the  commit- 
tee say  "that  a  balance  only  of  $175.80  will  remain 
due  upon  the  late  repairs  to  the  church." 

The  vestry  passed  resolutions  of  thanks  to  the 
committee  for  the  faithful  and  zealous  course  they 
had  pursued  in  having  the  old  church  put  in  such 
complete  and  attractive  repair.  At  this  meeting  it 
was  determined  that  the  resolution  adopted  at  the 
meeting  of  the  13th  December,  in  regard  to  exclud- 
ing all  but  those  who  had  cards  of  invitation  to  the 
•church  upon  wedding  occasions,  should  be  made 
public,  as  many  persons  had  not  heard  of  the  regu- 
lation, A  committee  was  also  appointed  at  this 
meeting  to  make  a  proper  distribution  of  the  morning 


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Monumental  Church.  371 

and  afternoon  Sundaj^  collection  of  alms,  and  report 
to  the  vestry  at  a  future  meeting  the  result  of  their 
deliberation  on  the  subject.  The  chairman  appointed 
Messrs.  Mayo,  Meade,  and  Skinker  as  the  committee. 

The  next  was  a  called  meeting,  on  Sunday  even- 
ing, 2nd  Api'il,  growing  out  of  the  death  of  our  es- 
teemed brotlier  vestryman,  Mr.  Thomas  U.  Dudley, 
(the  fatlier  of  Assistant  Bishop  Dudley,  of  the  dio- 
cese of  Kentucky),  who  departed  this  life  on  Satur- 
day, the  1st  instant,  after  an  illness  of  several  weeks. 
A  committee  was  appointed,  (the  rector  as  chair- 
man), and  the  following  resolutions  w^ere  presented, 
and  unanimously  adopted: 

'■'■  jResolved,  That  in  the  removal  of  Mr.  Dudley, 
after  an  association  of  twenty-five  years  as  vestry- 
man, we  realize  the  uncertainty  of  life,  and  the 
great  necessity  of  diligence  and  faithfulness  in  the 
duties  of  our  ofSce. 

^'■Jiesolved,  That  in  his  death  we  feel  we  have  lost 
one  who,  by  the  amiableness  of  his  manner  and  tiie 
kindness  of  his  heart,  had  greatly  endeared  himself 
to  us,  his  surviving  companions  and  friends. 

^' Resolved^  That  we  sincerely  condole  with  his  be- 
reaved family,  and  tender  them  our  warmest  feelings 
of  regard  and  esteem. 

"  Resolved,  That  we  will  in  a  body  attend  his 
funeral,  and  pay  to  his  remains  the  last  tribute  of 
our  respect  and  attachment. 

"  Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  published  in 
the  papers  of  the  cit}'-,  and  in  the  Southern  Church- 
man. Signed, 

Rector  and  Yestry  of  Monumental  Church." 


372  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

The  next  meeting  was  lield  on  tlie  10th  of  same 
month,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Potts  was  unanimously 
elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  vestry  caused  by 
the  death  of  Mr.  Dudley.  At  this  meeting  the  at- 
tention of  the  v^estry  was  called  to  a  change  neces- 
sary in  renumbering  the  pews,  which  had  grown  out 
of  the  enlargement  of  the  chancel,  and  thereby  the 
removal  of  the  four  front  pews  on  each  side  of  the 
aisle.  The  committee  on  repairs  was  given  the 
authority  to  take  under  consideration  the  propriety 
and  expediency  of  carrying  out  the  original  design 
of  a  tower  or  steeple  to  the  church  building,  and  a 
chime  of  bells  in  the  same,  and  report  cost,  etc., 
from  time  to  time  as  the  said  committee  may  find 
convenient  to  do. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  8th  of  May, 
when  a  delegate  to  the  council,  to  be  held  in  Alex- 
andria, on  the  ITth  instant,  was  elected,  and  Mr. 
Peter  C.  Warwick  was  chosen,  with  Mr.  John  Tyler 
as  alternate.  And  at  this  meeting  also  the  treasurer 
of  the  church  was  authorized  to  execute  his  note, 
binding  the  vestry  to  the  extent  of  five  hundred  dol- 
lars, in  the  event  of  the  church  funds  being  insufli- 
cient  at  any  time  to  meet  the  current  expenses  of 
the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  12th  of  June, 
when  a  condensed  statement  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
condition  of  the  church  funds  for  six  months  was 
rendered ;  whereupon  the  thanks  of  tlie  vestry  were 
voted  to  Mr.  Powers  for  the  excellent  manner  in 
which  he  had  advanced  the  interest  of  the  church  as 
the  treasurer  of  tlie  same.  5 


Monumental  Chukch,  373 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  26th  September, 
and  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  registrar,  Mr.  Pow- 
ers acted  as  such.  After  considering  the  snbject  of 
a  continuance  of  subscription  on  the  part  of  the 
Monumental  Church  to  the  parish  schools  of  Rich- 
mond and  Manchester,  as  connected  with  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  Henrico,  it  was  decided 
by  resolution  that  the  vestrj^  think  it  inexpedient  to 
continue  the  contribution. 

The  next  meeting  w^as  held  on  the  9th  of  October, 
when  the  committee  made  a  report  as  to  the  best 
mode  of  appropriating  the  funds  of  the  church  (out- 
side of  the  regular  expenses),  to  be  done  by  means 
of  a  finance  committee  connected  with  the  rector  and 
treasurer.  A  resolntion  was  also  adopted  that  an  ap- 
propriation of  $200  per  annum  may  be  made  to  tlie 
parisli  schools  of  Manchester  and  Grace  Church, 
Richmond,  in  such  proportion  as  the  committee  on 
finance  may  deem  most  advisable. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  13th  Novem- 
ber, when  the  rector  read  an  application  from  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Morris,  of  Ashland,  asking  a  contribution 
towards  an  Episcopal  Church  to  be  established  in 
that  village;  and  it  was  determined  that  the  collec- 
tion taken  up  the  following  Sunday  afternoon  should 
be  devoted  to  that  object.  And  at  this  meeting  a 
<iommittee  was  appointed  to  ascertain  the  best 
method,  as  well  as  cost,  in  having  the  pews  in  the 
gallery  so  altered  as  to  command  a  view  of  the 
pulpit  and  reading  desk  in  every  part  of  it.  Mr. 
John  Tyler  called  the  attention  of  the  vestry  to  the 


374:  History  of  the 

benevolent  society  connected  with  the  church,  and 
a  debt  of  not  less  than  $100,  due  by  it  for  clothing, 
etc.,  and  it  was  decided  tliat  an  appeal  had  best  be 
made  to  the  congregation  the  following  Sunday. 

1877. 

The  annual  meeting  of  tlie  council  of  the  diocese 
of  Virginia  was  held  in  Trinity  Church,  Staunton, 
on  Wednesday,  May  16th.  Present,  Right  Rev. 
F.  M.  Whittle,  D.  1).,  bisliop,  and  the  Rev.  T.  G. 
Dashiell,  secretary. 

At  this  meeting,  by  written  consent  of  Bishop 
Whittle,  the  new  diocese  of  West  Virginia  was 
formed  out  of  the  old  one  which  had  embraced 
the  entire  original  State  of  Virginia. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
jnond. — Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  rector, 
and  Mr.  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  as  lay  delegate  in  annual 
council  at  Staunton,  16th  May,  1877.  Communi- 
cants, 243;  contributions,  $6,654.75. 

Remarks. — The  Sunday-school  has  an  infant 
school  of  about  seventy  scholars,  admirably  con- 
ducted by  two  ladies.  There  is  also  a  Bible-class  for 
young  ladies,  which  is  taught  with  great  ability  by 
a  gentleman  who  delights  in  teaching,  and  is  enthu- 
siastic in  the  work.  There  is  also  a  sewing  school 
which  meets  every  Saturday,  and  where  the  poor 
children  are  taught  to  sew,  and  where  religious  in- 
struction is  imparted,  and  the  duties  of  womanhood 
are  faithfully  impressed  upon  them.  The  principal 
of  the  sewing  school  is  a  young  lady  of  most  ad- 


Monumental  Chukch.  375 

mirable  character  and  attainments.  The  ladies'  sew- 
ing society  deserves  the  highest  commendation  for 
their  untiring  energies.* 

During  the  fiscal  and  church  year,  ending  with 
November,  1877.  the  vestry  held  seventeen  meetings, 
all  of  which  were  more  or  less  directly  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  church's  condition,  and  one  or  two  of  a 
deeply  interesting,  personal  nature. 

The  first  was  on  the  11th  December,  1876,  when 
the  treasurer  made  his  annual  statement  as  to  the, 
financial  condition  of  the  church,  and  the  same  was 
referred  to  the  finance  committee  for  future  consider- 
ation. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  8th  of  January, 
1877,  when  the  committee  on  finance  was  requested 
to  prepare  a  paper,  and  have  the  same  printed  and 
distributed  among  the  pews,  in  the  form  of  an  ap- 
peal to  the  congregation  on  the  approaching  Easter,, 
asking  the  aid  of  the  congregation  for  a  liberal  con- 
tribution towards  paying  a  balance  of  the  debt  to- 
wards the  late  repairs  of  the  church. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  12th  of  February^ 
when  an  application  from  Mr.  Wheat,  the  organist, 
was  read,  asking  the  authority  of  the  vestry  to  have 
the  choir  gallery  carpeted,  and  a  wood  wing  on  each 
side  of  the  same  put  up  and  painted,  so  as  to  render 
the  choir  less  liable  to  intrusion. 

*NoTr, — The  youug  lady  alluded  to  in  this  report  by  Dr.  Wood- 
bridge  was  Miss  Mary  Maury,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  late 
Commodore  Maury,  and  who  has  since  married  Mr.  James  R. 
Wertb,  of  Richmond.  This  was  the  last  parochial  report  made 
to  the  council  by  Dr.  Woodbridge. 


i 


376  History  of  the 

The  next  was  held  on  the  ISth  Februaiy,  when 
the  paper,  drawn  np  bv  the  finance  committee  in  the 
form  of  an  appeal  for  Easter- offering,  was  readily 
approved. 

The  next  was  on  the  12th  March,  when  it  was  de- 
termined that  the  register  of  tlie  vestrj^,  in  the  name 
'Of  the  same,  be  requested  to  borrow  from  the  ves- 
try of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Kichmond,  the  journal 
■containing  the  history  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
which  had  been  compiled  by  Col.  Thomas  H.  Ellis. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  16th  of  April, 
the  pew  holders  having  held  a  meeting  on  the  2nd 
(Easter  Monday),  and  elected  the  following  to  serve 
;as  the  vestry  for  one  year,  viz:  Messrs.  George  D. 
Fisher,  senior  warden ;  John  II.  Tyler,  junior  warden ; 
Wm.  H.  Powers,  treasurer;  John  Tyler,  H.  D. 
Whiteomb,  Peter  H.  Mayo,  Richard  H.  Meade, 
'Chas.  R.  Skinker,  Thomas  Potts,  Peter  C.  War- 
wick, Thomas  L.  Alfriend,  and  Dr.  Edward  T. 
Robinson. 

The  senior  warden  acted  as  register,  and  it  was 
at  this  meeting  the  officers  were  re-elected,  and  Mr. 
H.  D.  Whiteomb  appointed  the  lay  delegate  to  the 
council,  to  be  held  the  third  Wednesday'  in  May  at 
Staunton. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  7th  of  May, 
and  the  subject  of  altering  the  doors  of  the  church 
so  as  to  make  egress  and  ingress  more  easy,  and 
particularly  in  the  event  of  alarm  from  fire  or  any 
other  cause,  was  discussed,  and  turned  over  to  the 
committee  on  repairs  for  future  action. 


Monumental  Church.  377 

^Tlie  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  11th  of  Maj, 
but  a  quorum  not  present,  nothing  done.  The  next 
meeting  was  held  on  the  11th  of  June,  when  the 
treasurer  made  a  condensed  statement  of  the  finances 
of  the  church  for  six  months,  and  exhibited  a  bal- 
■&nee  then  dae  of  about  $1,234.25.  At  this  meeting 
the  attention  of  the  vestry  was  called  to  an  institu- 
tion recently  established  by  a  few  zealous  working 
ladies  of  our  own  Episcopal  and  other  churches  in 
the  city,  and  also  by  the  liberal  aid  of  the  Medical 
College  facult}^,  called  the  "Retreat  for  the  Sick," 
-and  the  treasurer  was  requested  to  pay  out  of  the 
communion  alms  monthly,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
for  the  establishment  and  support  of  a  "child's  cot" 
in.  the  said  "Retreat  for  the  Sick,"  as  the  donation 
of  the  Monumental  Church.  An  appeal  was  made 
by  the  rector  to  the  congregation  in  behalf  of  the 
above  monthly  appropriation,  but  not  to  diminish 
thereby  the  regular  sum   given  to  the  poor  of  the 

►  parish  on  communion  days.  Some  conversation  at 
this  meeting  was  held  as  to  a  change  in  the  insur- 
ance on  the  church  building,  and  the  matter  was  re- 
ferred to  the  committee  on  finance. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  9th  of  July, 
and  in  the  absence  of  the  rector,  the  senior  warden 
opened  it  with  appropriate  prayer,  with  Mr.  Whit- 
comb  as  chairman.  No  especial  business  was  trans- 
acted at  this  meeting,  but  a  general  conversation, 
relative  to  the  music  and  other  church  matters  oc- 
cupied the  time  of  the  meeting  up  to  the  usual  hour 
of  ten.     And  here  it  is  ao-reeable  to  state  that  at  all 


378  History  of  the 

our  vestry  meetings  a  spirit  of  brotherly,  Christain 
feeling  prevailed,  and  to  such  an  extent  that  we 
generally  found  the  time  to  pass  away  faster  than 
was  desired.  Usually  our  number  was  eight  to  ten 
present. 

The  next  meeting  was  on  the  7th  of  August,  but 
no  quorum.  The  next  was  on  the  13th  of  August, 
and  in  the  absence  of  the  rector,  the  senior  warden 
opened  it  witli  usual  prayer,  and  Mr,  Whitcomb 
presided.  Mr,  Powers,  for  reasons  stated  at  the 
time,  desired  to  tender  his  resignation  as  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  music,  and,  after  consenting  to 
accept  his  resignation,  Mr.  Potts  was  duly  elected  to 
fill  his  place.  After  some  discussion  on  the  char- 
acter of  the  music,  as  well  as  the  expense  attending 
it,  the  committee  was  requested  to  take  up  the  mat- 
ter for  their  consideration,  and  at  a  future  time  re- 
port to  the  vestry  the  result  of  their  deliberations. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  12t}i  of  Sep- 
tember, at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Peter  H,  Mayo,  (on 
previous  occasions  generally  they  were  held  at  our 
junior  warden's  residence,  on  Grace  street,  Mr.  Jolm 
H.  Tyler's.)  In  the  absence  of  the  rector,  the  meet- 
ing was  opened  with  prayer  by  the  senior  warden, 
and  Mr.  John  H.  Tyler,  junior  warden,  presided. 
This  meeting  was  a  sad  one,  for  our  first  attention 
after  opening  it  was  called  to  the  death  of  our  long 
cherished  and  valuable  brother  vestryman,  Mr.  James 
H.  Gardner,  whose  remains  we  had  consigned  to 
the  grave  at  Hollywood  the  previous  afternoon. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  appropriate 


Monumental  Church.  379 

resolutions  expressive  of  the  vestrj's  deep  sorrow 
upon  the  occasion;  for  Mr.  Gardner  ]"«.ad  been  an  ac- 
tive and  most  liberal  co-worker  in  our  body  for 
twenty-six  years,  and  only  a  few  years  before  did 
he  feel  compelled  to  resign  his  place  in  the  vestry 
on  account  of  his  declining  health.  The  resolutions 
which  were  passed  are  spread  on  the  records  of  the 
vestry,  and  a  copy  was  sent  to  his  family,  and  also 
published  in  the  city  papers,  as  well  as  the  Southern 
Churchman.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  Mayo,  in  behalf 
of  the  committee  on  music,  read  a  communication 
from  three  members  of  the  clioir  declining  the  terms 
offered  by  the  committee  for  another  year,  where- 
upon the  matter  was  left  to  the  committee  to  arrange 
upon  the  best  terms  they  could. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  8th  of  Octo- 
ber, but  no  quorum,  and  notliing  was  done.  The 
next  meeting  was  on  the  23rd  of  same  month,  and 
a  verbal  report  was  made  by  the  committee  on 
music,  and  some  advice  asked  for  its  future  action 
on  certain  points  connected  with  the  subject.  The 
regular  register  was  absent  upon  this  occasion,  and 
Mr.  T.  L.  Alfriend  acted  in  his  place. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  12th  Novem- 
ber, when  Mr.  John  Tyler  acted  as  register.  Tlie  rec- 
tor laid  before  the  meeting  sundry  applications  for  aid 
in  building  and  assisting  clinrches  in  the  diocese  and 
elsewhere,  and  after  exchange  of  opinions,  on  mo- 
tion, the  matter  was  referred  to  the  finance  com- 
mittee. 

Bishop  Whittle,  in  his  address,  says:  "The  great 


'380  History  of  the 

want  of  our  diocese  is  a  largely  increased  missionary 
fund,  which  shall  enable  us  to  supply  vacant  parishes 
with  ministers,  and  to  send  forth  other  ministers  into 
the  waste  places  of  our  land.  There  are  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  clergymen  faithfully  laboring  in  this  dio- 
cese to-day  because  of  additions  made  to  their  sala- 
ries by  the  domestic  committee  of  the  board  of  mis- 
sions and  the  American  Church  Missionary  Society, 
and  who,  but  for  sucli  aid,  would  have  been  obliged 
to  seek  food  and  raiment  for  their  families  in  some 
other  field.  Indeed,  I  know  not  what  would  have 
become  of  a  number  of  our  ministers  and  churches 
but  for  the  kindness  of  those  societies  extended  to 
us  during  the  past  ten  years. 

"  The  time  has  come,  liowever,  it  seems  to  me, 
when  we  ought  to  relieve  them  of  their  burden,  and 
ourselves  of  our  obligation. 

"The  executive  connnittee  of  our  Diocesan  Mis- 
sionary Society  will  make  an  eff"ort  to  accomplish 
this  end  during  the  present  council.  Their  plan  is 
to  indu(^e  each  minister  and  laj'  delegate  to  pledge 
himself  to  try  and  raise  a  certain  sum  during  the 
■coming  year,  to  be  paid  quarterly.  I  trust  the  plan 
may  be  successful,  and  that  at  least  $10,000  shall  be 
placed  in  our  missionary  treasury.  And  surely  no 
more  appropriate  or  important  work  can  possibly 
ensca^e  our  attention. 

"The  missionary  spirit  is  the  spirit  of  Christ,  and 
the  missionary  work  is  the  work  for  which  His 
Church  was  established  and  is  continued  in  the 
world.     Just  in  proportion   as  we  pray  and  labor, 


1 


Monumental  Church.  381 

and  give  for  the  canse  of  missions,  may  we  expect 
God  to  bless  us  in  our  own  souls." 

In  his  address  of  tliis  year  also,  Bishop  Whittle 
,calls  the  urgent  attention  of  the  council  to  the 
ireadl'ul  and  sinful  habit  of  intemperance  through 
our  land,  and  its  great  increase,  even  among  many 
members  of  the  communion  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
He  urges,  if  possible,  that  some  action  by  the  coun- 
cil shall  be  taken,  by  which  an  effort  is  made  to  put 
an  end  to  this  sinful  practice,  and  especially  by 
those  professing  the  name  of  Christ.  And  he  also 
calls  attention  to  the  subject  of  flowers  and  the 
coverings  used  by  some  of  the  churches  in  the  chan- 
cel for  the  different  seasons  of  the  church  year,  and 
usually  called  altar  cloths  for  the  communion  table, 
reading  desk  and  pulpit.  These  are  introductions 
he  regards  of  modern  date  in  our  diocese ;  except 
the  evergreens  at  Christmas,  which  is  as  old  a  cus- 
tom in  Virginia  as  the  church  itself.  He  expresses 
the  hope  that  the  other  adornments  will  not  be  con- 
tinued, for  they  are  but  the  commencement  of  a 
system  which  may  sap  the  very  foundation  of  our 
Protestant  faith.  He  alludes  to  the  warning  which 
Bishop  Johns  had  given  in  regard  to  flowers  as  part  of 
church  ornamentation,  much  to  be  deprecated ;  and 
he  also  calls  attention  to  the  subject  of  round  danc- 
ing, which  has  become  so  common  among  young- 
communicants. 

The  whole  of  the  address  of  Bishop  Whittle,  as 
well  as  the  report  of  the  committee  on  "the  state  of 
the  church"  for  this  year,  is  of  the  deepest  interest^ 


^82  HiSTOKY  OF  THE 

and  should  command  the  serious  attention  of  every 
minister  and  member  of  the  church  in  all  portions 
of  our  land. 

1878. 

Parochial  report  of  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond, to  annual  meeting  of  the  council,  at  Lynch- 
burg, 15tli  May,  1878. — Communicants,  243;  con- 
tributions, $3,278.42. 

Remarks. — The  venerable  and  beloved  Rev.  Geo. 
Woodbridge,  U.  D.,  departed  this  life  on  Thursday 
morning,  February  14th,  1878,  with  the  deepest 
sorrow  of  all  his  flock ;  and  the  vestry  of  the  Mon- 
umental Church  called  in  his  place  the  Rev.  J.  G. 
Armstrong,*  wlio  entered  upon  his  pastoral  duties 
the  19th  May,  1878. 

Geo.  D.  Fisher,  Senior  Warden. 

The  vestry  held  twelve  meetings  for  the  six  months 
to  1st  of  June,  1878,  and  these  close  the  book  of 
proceedings  from  the  commencement  of  the  fiscal 
year,  in  December,  1845,  (when  the  late  rector,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Woodbridge,  commenced  his  ministry  in 
the  Monumental  Church). 

The  first  meeting  was  held  on  9th  December,  1877, 
when  the  thanks  of  the  vestry  were  returned  to  the 
ladies'  sewing  society,  for  $250.51,  contributed  by 
them  towards  the  payment  of  the  church  debt.  The 
treasurer  made  a  statement  of  the  finances  of  the 

*NoTE. — Mr.  Armstrong  was  unable  to  get  to  the  meeting  of 
the  council,  not  having  time  to  make  his  final  arrangements  in 
"Wheeling,  after  accepting  the  call  of  the  Monumental  Church, 
hence  the  parochial  report  being  made  by  the  senior  warden. 


Monumental  Chukch.  383 

church  for  the  year,  ending  with  November;  and 
the  thanks  of  the  vestry  were  returned  to  the  trea- 
surer for  the  able  and  faithful  manner  he  had  man- 
aged its  affairs.  A  resolution  was  adopted  asking 
delinquent  pew-renters  to  close  their  indebtedness  by 
negotiable  notes. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  14:th  of  Janu- 
ary, and  in  the  absence  of  the  rector,  Mr,  John  H. 
Tyler,  junior  warden,  presided,  and  Mr.  Richard  H. 
Meade  acted  as  register.  No  special  business  was 
transacted. 

The  next  regular  meeting  was  omitted,  in  order 
to  attend  service  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  to  hear  an 
address  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rainsford,  a  young 
evangelist  from  England,  and  now  of  Canada.  Men 
alone  were  invited  by  him  to  come,  and  the  churcli 
was  crowded. 

The  next  was  a  called  meeting,  on  Thursday  after- 
noon, 14th  of  February,  occasioned  by  the  sudden 
death,  soon  after  breakfast  that  morning,  of  our  be- 
loved pastor,  the  Rev.    George   Wood  bridge,  D.  D. 

At  this  meeting  a  committee,  composed  of  the 
senior  warden  and  Messrs.  Whitcomb  and  Meade, 
was  app'ointed  to  prepare  suitable  resolutions  upon 
this  sudden  and  distressing  event,  and  submit  the 
same  to  an  adjourned  meeting,  to  be  held  the  next 
afternoon. 

Accordingly,  the  meeting  assembled  on  Friday 
afternoon,  the  15th,  every  member  (except  the  junior 
warden,  who  was  absent  in  Florida),  being  present. 
The  funeral  arrangements   were   made  at  this  meet- 


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384  History  of  the 

ing,  and  the  service  to  take  place  the  next  afternoon 
at  4  o'clock,  from  the  Monumental  Church.  The 
bishop,  with  the  other  members  of  the  city  clergy,. 
were  requested  to  take  part  in  the  chancel  service 
and  at  the  grave-  And  seats  were  ordered  to  be 
provided  for  ministers  of  other  denominations. 

The  committee  offered  the  following  resolutions, 
which  were  unanimously  adopted  : 

"  In  the  providence  of  God  the  congregation  of 
the  Monumental  Church  are  called  upon  to  mourn 
the  sudden  death  of  their  beloved  and  revered  pastor, 
the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  and  tlie  vestry 
desire  to  place  on  record  the  deep  sorrow  we  all  feel 
under  so  great  an  affliction,  and  to  express  our  sym- 
pathy for  the  church  and  liis  family  in  their  bereave- 
ment ;  be  it  tJierefore 

"  Resolved^  That  during  the  long  period  of  forty- 
four  years  as  our  pastor  his  people  have  always 
cherished  for  him  the  kindest  and  most  confiding 
love  and  esteem,  and  nothing  has  ever  occurred  to 
mar  our  affection  for  him.  In  season  and  out  of 
season  he  was  ever  ready  in  sympathy  and  in  prayer 
to  promote  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  liis  pastoral 
flock. 

"  Resolved^  That  we  hold  his  memory  in  great  re- 
verence, and  humbly  thank  our  lieavenly  Father  for 
the  bright  example  of  the  daily  life  of  His  servant, 
so  eminent  in  all  tlie  Christian  graces,  as  well  as  for 
his  faithful  preaching  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ 
and  Him  crucified,  and  his  earnestness  and  zeal  in 
the  saving  of  souls. 


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Monumental  Church.  385 

^'■Besolved,  That  we  will  wear  the  usual  badge  of 
mourning  for  tliirty  days. 

^^ Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  proceedings  be 
forwarded  to  his  bereaved  family,  and  also  published 
in  the  daily  papers,  the  Southern  Churchman  and 
Hartford  Churchman.'''' 

An  adjourned  meeting  was  held  on  Monday 
evening,  the  18th  of  February.  On  motion  of  Mr. 
Potts,  it  was  resolved  that  a  memorial  window,  in 
token  of  the  affection  of  his  congregation,  be  placed 
in  the  Monumental  Church,  as  a  further  tribute  of 
esteem  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Woodbridge.  Messrs. 
Potts  and  Skinker  were  chosen  as  the  committee  io 
carry  out  the  resolution. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  22nd  of  Feb- 
ruary, when  it  was  resolved  that  the  pew,  so  long 
occupied  by  the  family  of  Dr.  Woodbridge  in  the 
Monumental  Church,  shall  be  continued  free  of  rent 
for  their  use,  and  that  the  register  be  requested  to 
communicate  the  same  to  Mrs.  Woodbridge.  It  was 
determined  at  this  meeting,  that  the  vestry  will  meet 
on  Friday  night,  the  1st  of  March,  and  proceed  in 
the  election  of  a  minister  to  fill  the  place  vacated  by 
the  death  of  Dr.  Woodbridge. 

An  informal  but  deeply  interesting  meeting  was 
again  held  on  Monday  evening,  25th.  All  the 
members  present  but  two,  who  were  out  of  town.. 
In  accordance  with  a  resolution,  the  next  meeting 
was  held  on  Friday  evening,  the  1st  of  March,  and 
after  arranging  for  service  to  be  held  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.    Kepler,  until  a   regular   minister  is   obtained, 

25 


386  History  of  the 

the  vestry  entered  upon  the  duty  of  ballotting, 
(having  many  names  before  them),  and  the  result 
was  a  call  to  the  llev.  Dr.  J.  H.  Eccleston,  of 
^Newark,  New  Jersey. 

A  committee  composed  of  the  senior  warden,  and 
Messrs.  Potts  and  Alfriend,  was  appointed  to  com- 
municate with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Eccleston  on  tlie  sub- 
ject, and  report  to  a  future  meeting. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  Monday'-  evening, 
the  18th  of  March,  when  a  communication  was  pre- 
sented from  Mrs.  B.  F.  Ladd,  president  of  the  ladies' 
sewing  society  of  the  Monumental  Church,  and 
with  it  a  copy  of  very  interesting  resolutions,  tender- 
ing $30  from  the  funds  of  the  society  towards  the 
cost  of  the  "Woodbridge  memorial  window."  The 
following  are  the  resolutions  embraced  in  Mrs. 
Ladd's  communication : 

^^Resolved,  That  memory  cherishes  with  endear- 
ing recollections  the  warm  interest  taken  in  the  suc- 
cess of  our  association  by  our  late  lamented  pastor, 
Rev.  Dr.  Woodbridge,  at  whose  house  we  have  had 
so  many  pleasant  meetings. 

^'■Resolved,  That  whilst  memory  will  serve  us  as  a 
tablet  to  keep  alive  in  our  hearts  his  many  virtues, 
yet  we  cheerfully  contribute  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars, 
being  the  whole  amount  now  in  our  treasury,  to  be 
appropriated  toward  the  purchase  of  a  tablet  or  me- 
morial window,  as  that  in  after  years,  when  we  shall 
have  crossed  the  river  to  that  beautiful  shore,  those 
who  fill  our  places  may  have  awakened  in  their  me- 
mories the  evidences  of  our  endearing  affection  for 
Mm. 


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REV.   J.    G.    ARMSTRONG. 


Monumental  Chuech.  387 

"  Resolved,  That  these  resohitions,  together  with 
the  amount  of   money  herein   contributed,  be  for- 
warded to  the  vestry  of  the  Monumental  Church. 
[Signecl]  Mrs.  B.  F.  Ladd, 

President  Sewing  Society. " 

The  vestry  requested  the  registrar  to  return  their 
thanks  for  the  liberal  contribution  on  tlie  part  of  the 
ladies'  sewing  society,  and  also  to  spread  upon  its 
records  the  appropriate  resolutions  which  accom- 
panied the  communication  of  Mrs.  Ladd. 

ISo  official  reply  was  received  up  to  this  time  from 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Eccleston,  but  one  of  the  committee 
read  a  private  letter  from  him,  which  clearly  indi- 
cated he  must  decline  the  call  the  vestry  had  made 
him,  and  it  was  then  determined  tliat  the  meeting 
will  stand  adjourned  until  Monday  evening  next, 
the  25th. 

Accordingly,  the  vestry  met  on  the  25th  of  March, 
and  after  a  full  and  free  discussion  on  the  names  of 
clergymen  presented,  at  half-past  ten  the  balloting 
commenced,  and  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Armstrong,  of  St. 
Matthew's  Church,  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  was 
declared  unanimously  elected,  and  a  pastoral  call 
thereby  made  him,  in  behalf  of  the  vestry,  by  the 
same  committee,  with  the  addition  of  Messrs.  Whit- 
comb  and  Mayo. 

Memorandum  by  registrar  of  the  vestry :  Thursday, 
4th  April,  1878:  "A  reply  was  received  yesterday 
by  the  committee  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Armstrong,  de- 
clining the  call  made  by  the  vestry  of  the  Alonu- 


388  History  of  the 

mental  Church.  After  some  further  conference  the 
vestry  urged  Messrs.  Whitcorab  and  JMayo  to  visit 
Mr.  Armstrong  in  person  at  Wheeling.  These  gen- 
tlemen accordingly  went  to  Wheeling,  and  Mr.  Arm- 
strong consented  to  reconsider  his  decision ;  and 
finally,  in  his  communication  of  the  10th  of  April, 
accepted  the  call." 

In  his  letter  of  acceptance,  Mr.  Armstrong  ex- 
pressed the  wish  to  remain  with  his  old  congregation 
until  they  could  obtain  another  minister,  or  at  least 
had  the  prospect  of  one.  A  reply  on  the  15th  was 
sent,  expressive  of  the  vestry's  wish  that  he  would 
consult  his  pleasure  and  convenience  as  to  the  par- 
ticular time  he  would  enter  on  his  duties  as  pastor 
of  the  Monumental  Church  ;  but  at  the  same  time 
the  vestry  hoped  that  he  would  be  with  us  at  the 
earliest  day  consistent  with  his  plans. 

Due  notice  was  given  on  Easter  Sunday  that  the 
congregation,  under  the  ninth  canon,  should  meet 
the  next  day,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  vestry 
for  the  coming  year. 

Accordingly  tlie  Sunday-school  room  was  opened 
for  that  purpose,  but  onl}^  two  members  of  the  con- 
gregation were  present ;  nor  was  any  subsequent 
meeting  for  that  purpose  held  in  1878,  hence  the 
former  vestry  continued  in  office,  and  the  following 
compose  the  names  of  same:  Messrs.  George  D. 
Fisher,  senior  warden  and  register ;  John  H.  Tyler, 
junior  warden;  Wm.  H.  Powers,  treasurer;  Hich- 
ard  H.  Meade,  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  John  Tyler, 
Charles  E.  Skinker,  Peter  H.  Mayo,  Peter  C.  War- 


Monumental  Church.  389 

wick,  Thomas  Potts,  Dr.  E.  T.  Robinson,  Thomas 
L.  Alfriend. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  vestrj  was  lield  on  24:th 
of  April,  all  present  but  two,  who  were  out  of  town 
The  senior  warden  opened  the  meeting  with  prayer, 
after  which  he  called  the  attention  of  the  vestrj  to 
a  letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Armstrong,  expressing 
his  hope  and  intention  to  be  with  ns  on  the  third 
Sunday,  (19th  of  May),  but  that  he  did  not  think  he 
would  be  able  to  attend  the  council  at  Lynchburg, 
on  the  15th  of  that  month,  but  would  be  reported  as 
the  pastor  of  the  Monumental  Church  on  that  occa- 
sion. A  reply  to  Mr.  Armstrong's  letter,  by  the 
register,  was  read,  and  approved. 

The  treasurer  handed  in  a  letter  addressed  to  him 
and  the  vestry,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Kepler,  returning 
his  thanks  for  the  amount  which  was  presented  for 
his  services  rendered  the  congregation  on  several 
Sundays  since  the  death  of  our  late  pastor,  thereby 
enabling  the  church  to  be  kept  open  by  his  and  the 
services  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  J.  H.  String-fellow,  who 
had  come  to  our  diocese  from  Columbia,  S.  C,  in 
March,  and  who  was  also  compensated  in  like  man- 
ner. By  the  help  of  these  two  friends,  and  that  of 
our  city  clergy,  the  Monumental  Church  was  kept 
open  each  Sunday  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Wood- 
bridge,  until  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Arm.strong. 

The  election  of  lay  delegate  to  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  council,  on  [the  15th  of  May,  at  Lynch- 
burg, was  then  made,  and  the  senior  warden,  Mr. 
George  D.  Fisher,  chosen,  and  his  travelling  expen- 


390  History  of  the 

ses  directed  to  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  tlie 
church.  Mr.  Powers  was  elected  as  alternate  dele- 
gate. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  on  the  1st  of  May; 
two  members  onlj  were  absent.  At  this  meeting 
it  was  decided  that  an  especial  appeal,  in  the  form 
of  a  printed  circular,  should  be  distributed  in  the 
pews,  asking  the  congregation,  on  Sunday,  the  12th, 
to  make  as  large  a  contribution  as  possible  towards 
the  discharge  of  the  church  debt.  Some  discussion 
at  this  meeting  was  had  as  to  tlie  proper  disposal  of 
part  of  the  alms,  and  it  was  concluded  to  postpone 
the  matter  until  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Armstrong. 
After  some  other  interesting  conversation  relative  to 
our  church  matters,  the  register  asked  leave  to  read 
his  letter  of  resignation. 

He  mentioned  in  that  paper,  that  but  five  blank 
leaves  remained  in  the  record  book  which  he  com- 
menced the  4th  of  December,  1845,  with  the 
vestry's  proceedings,  to  the  present  time;  and  he 
was  tliereby  reminded  that  "a  new  leaf"  "must  now 
be  turned  over,"  and  a  new  record  book  procured. 

He  thought  and  felt  that  more  active  and  supple 
fingers  than  his  own  were  necessary  to  commence 
the  new  book  with,  and  therefore  hoped  it  M'ould  be 
the  pleasure  of  the  vestry  to  select  a  younger  mem- 
ber to  fill  the  place  of  register.  As  long  as  he  feels 
able,  it  is  his  wish  to  continue  in  the  service  of  the 
church  he  so  much  loved;  and  while  tendering  his 
resignation  as  reo-ister,  he  did  not  mean  it  to  be  un- 
derstood  that  he  resigned  as  vestryman,  or  as  senior 
warden. 


Monumental  Church.  391 

After  the  reading  of  the  paper,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Peter  H.  Mayo,  and  duly  seconded,  the  following 
resolutions  were  adopted: 

'■^Resolved,  That  in  receiving  the  resignation  of 
Mr.  George  D.  Fisher,  as  register  of  the  Monu- 
mental Cluirch,  as  a  vestry  we  recognize,  with  no 
ordinary  degree  of  gratitude,  his  faitlifulness  and 
most  satisfactory  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  of- 
fice, and  we  hereby  assure  him,  in  thus  accepting 
his  resignation,  that  we  do  so  with  regret,  and  only 
agree  to  it  in  deference  to  his  own  wishes,  and  with 
sincere  tlianks  for  his  past  services. 

"  Mesolved,  That  Mr.  Fisher's  letter  of  resignation 
be  recorded  in  this  valued  book,  as  peculiarly  ap- 
propriate in  closing  the  record  to  this  date,  on  the 
occasion  of  the  change  of  '  rector  '  and  '  register.'" 

After  the  adoption  of  the  above  resolutions,  the 
vestry  proceeded  to  the  election  of  a  new  registrar. 
The  nomination  of  Mr.  Thomas  L.  Alfriend  was 
then  made,  and  being  duly  seconded,  he  was  unani- 
mously chosen  to  fill  tlie  ofiice,  and  accepted  the 
compliment  just  paid  him  witli  the  assurance  that  he 
would  perform  the  duties  to  tlie  best  of  his  ability. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  until  Monday  evening,, 
the  IStli;  but  before  doing  so  it  was  proposed  and 
agreed  that  the  resignation  of  the  former  register 
should  take  date  on  the  1st  of  June,  as  it  was  now 
ascertained  that  the  Kev.  Mr.  Armstrong  would  not 
be  with  us  until  that  time. 

Accordingly,  on  Monday  evening,  tlie  13tli  of 
May,  the  vestry  met  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Wnu 


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"392  History  of  the 

H.  Powers,  all  present  but  one,  who  was  out  of  the 
city.  The  senior  warden  opened  the  meeting  with 
appropriate  prayer,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  pre- 
vious meeting  were  read,  and  approved.  A  i-esolu- 
tion  was  then  adopted,  that  Mr.  Thomas  Potts  be  re- 
quested to  return  the  thanks  of  the  vestry  to  the 
Rev-.  Dr.  Eccleston,*  of  Newark,  N.  Y.,  for  his  kind- 
ness in  tilling  the  pulpit  of  the  Monumental  Church 
morning  and  afternoon  the  Suudaj^  previous,  and  for 
liis  admirable  and  acceptable  sermon  on  each  occa- 
sion. 

The  annual  report  of  Bishop  Whittle,  at  this 
meeting  of  the  council,  is  particularly^  interesting, 
and  so  is  the  report  of  the  committee  on  "the  state 
of  the  church,"  as  to  Federal  matters,  and  signed  by 
the  committee  composed  of  Rev.  G.  H.  Norton,  Rev. 
J.  S.  Hanckel,  Mr.  Hugh  W,  meffej,  Mr.  Robert 
'T.  Cr'dighm.— June,  18Y7. 

bishop  Whittle,  in  his  address  this  year,  (1878,) 
says:  "In  his  address  to  the  council  in  1872,  my 
venerated  predecessor  earnestly  warned  communi- 
cants against  the  inconsistency  of  indulging  in  a 
'demoralizing  dissipation,'  which  he  denonnced  as 
that  lascivious  mode  of  promiscuous  dancing,  styled 
the  'round  dance.' 

*  Note.—  When  Dr.  Ecclestou  declined  the  call  to  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  he  said  he  exjDected  to  visit  a  near  relative  in 
Richmond,  and  would  fill  the  pulpit  the  second  Sunday  in  May 
if  it  would  be  agreeable  to  the  vestr}'.  This  meeting  is  the  last 
one  recorded  of  the  vestry's  proceedings  in  their  book,  com- 
mencing with  the  4th  of  December,  184.5.  The  next  record  book 
begins,  with  Mr.  Thomas  L.  Alfriend  as  register,  the  1st  of 
June,  1878.— G.  D.  F. 


Monumental  Churoh,  393 

"This  scandal,  he  said,  'is  not  to  be  tolerated  in 
the  Church  of  Christ.  Let  every  appeal  be  made, 
in  the  way  of  affectionate  remonstrance,  judicious 
teaching  and  earnest  prayer,  for  the  reformation  of 
those  led  astray,  'if  God  pcradventnre  will  o-ive 
them  repentance.'  If  all  such  efforts  prove  unavail- 
ing, and  to  remove  the  scandal,  and  at  the  same 
time  employ  the  last  expedient  for  awakening  the 
offender  to  a  sense  of  his  sin  and  danger,  it  becomes 
necessary  to  resort  to  the  exercise  of  decided  dis- 
cipline, it  must  be  done.' 

"  I  adopt  this  language  as  my  own,  that  he  being 
dead  may  yet  speak  on  this  important  matter. 
Perhaps  his  words  struck  some  as  being  too  strong 
and  harsh  when  they  were  first  uttered,  who  think 
very  differently  now,  after  six  years'  observation  and 
experience. 

"  Certain  it  is  that  many  of  our  wisest  and  best 
people,  ministers  and  laymen,  judging  the  tree  by 
its  fruit,  have  become  alarmed  lest  the  effect  of  this 
-dreadful  evil  of  round  dancing  shall  be,  not  only  to 
injure  pure  and  undetiled  religion  in  the  church,  but 
even  to  sap  the  ver}'  foundations  of  all  social  virtue 
and  morality.  I  will  not  discuss  its  character  and 
consequences.  For  while  St.  Paul  wrote  to  the 
church  in  Ephesus  that  it  was  a  shame  even  to  speak 
of  those  things  which  were  done  by  some  in  secret, 
I  should  feel  ashamed  even  to  speak,  as  the  truth 
would  require,  of  this  thing  which  is  done  openly 
before  all.  I  will  only  say,  that  I  trust  no  man  or 
woman  will  be  presented  for  confirmation  who  means 


394  History  of  the 

to  continue  to  participate  in  this  abomination.  And 
if  the  ministry  of  the  church  have  no  autliority  to 
discipline  communicants  as  'notorious  evil  livers* 
wlio  practice  it,  surely  this  council  should  not  fail 
to  clothe  them  with  such  authority  by  canon. 

"The  action  of  the  last  council  in  cutting  off  the 
State  of  West  Virginia  from  the  diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  erecting  it  into  a  separate  diocese,  was 
ratified  by  the  general  convention,  which  sat  in  Bos- 
ton last  October.  The  primary  council  of  the  new 
diocese  was  convened  in  Charleston,  on  the  5th  day 
of  December,  1877,  and  was  duly  organized  as  'the 
Diocese  of  West  Virginia.'  I  having  elected  to  be 
attached  to  the  diocese  of  Virginia,  the  diocese  of 
West  Virginia  was  placed  by  its  council  under  my 
'full  episcopal  charge  and  authority,'  and  has  so  con- 
tinued to  the  present  time.  The  Rev.  James  H. 
Eccleston,  D.  D.,  was  elected  bishop,  but  he  having 
declined  to  accept,  tlie  first  annual  council  met  in 
Charleston,  27th  February,  1878,  and  made  choice 
of  Rev.  George  W.  Peterkin  for  tliat  important  and 
responsible  office,  a  result  in  which,  I  am  sure,  the 
church  in  Virginia  greatly  rejoices.  His  consecra- 
tion is  appointed  to  take  place  in  the  city  of  Wheel- 
ing, on  the  30th  instant,  after  which  the  complete 
establishment  of  the  new  diocese  will  have  been  con- 
summated. I  recommend  that  this  council  appoint 
a  committee  to  confer  with  one  which  has  been  ap- 
pointed by  West  Virginia,  to  consider  any  pecu- 
niary or  other  questions  between  the  two  dioceses 
which  may  need  to  be  settled. 


Monumental  Church.  395 

"I  owe  it  to  yon,  my  dear  brethren,  and  to  myself, 
to  say  that  I  have  been  enabled,  by  the  help  of  God, 
to  accomplish  an  amonnt  of  visitation  work  dnring 
the  past  year  greater  than  ought  to  be  expected  of 
any  man,  and  greater  than  I  can  promise  to  per- 
form in  the  fntnre.  I  feel  able  to  do  all  that  is 
necessary,  in  my  jndgment,  for  the  interest  of  reli- 
gion and  tlie  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  chnrch,  and 
more  tlian  this  is  not  required  of  me  by  the  canons. 
I  do  not,  therefore,  ask  for  any  relief  or  assistance.. 
But  wliether  what  I  have  done  has  been,  or  what  I 
may  be  able  to  do  hereafter  will  be,  satisfactory  to- 
the  diocese,  ir  is  for  you  to  decide.  If  a  more  fre- 
quent visitation  of  the  churches  is  demanded,  there 
is  but  one  of  two  ways,  as  you  are  aware,  by  which 
it  can  be  secured,  viz;  either  by  a  division  of  the 
diocese,  or  by  the  election  of  an  assistant  bishop. 
As  to  the  first,  I  am  convinced  that  a  large  majority 
of  the  people  on  the  south  side  of  James  river  are 
utterly  opposed  to  cutting  off  that  part  of  the  State 
as  a  separate  diocese;  and  my  opinion  is,  that  a 
large  majority  of  the  people  of  Virginia  are  opposed 
to  any  division  whatever.  From  the  measure  of 
division,  therefore,  with  my  convictions,  I  should 
feel  obliged  in  conscience  to  withhold  my  consent. 

"As  to  the  otlier  metliod  of  relief,  I  will  merely 
say,  without  at  all  discussing  the  question,  that  so 
far  from  being  able  to  see  any  objection  to  an  assis- 
tant bishop,  it  is  just  M'hat,  in  my  judgment,  this 
diocese  and  many  other  dioceses  ought  always  ta 
have.      With   this  candid,  and  I  trust  plain,  state- 


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•396  History  of  the 

meut  of  my  views  on  this  subject,  I  leave  it  to  you 
to  do  something  or  nothing  as  you  may  tliink  best. 

"  In  closing  this  my  tenth  annual  address,  I  beg 
to  be  permitted  to  put  on  record  an  expression  of 
my  very  deep  and  grateful  sense  of  the  unvarying 
forbearance,  confidence,  and  kindness  which  I  have 
received  at  the  hands  of  my  beloved  brethren,  the 
•  clergy  and  laity  of  this  dear  old  diocese  of  Virginia. 

"  May  God,  by  His  Holy  Spirit,  direct,  sanctify, 
and  govern  you  in  your  present  work  ;  and  may  He 
abundantly  bless  you  and  those  whom  you  represent, 
both  now  and  ever  more,  through  Jesus  Christ  His 
•Son.     Amen." 

In  December,  1875,  the  vestry  requested  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Woodbridge  to  furnish  tlie  congregation  with  a 
copy  of  his  sermon  which  he  preached  on  the  close 
of  his  thirtieth  year's  ministry  in  the  Monumental 
Church.  It  is  very  interesting  and  instructive,  and 
■gives  a  synopsis  of  tlie  internal  work  of  the  church 
during  that  time  worthy  of  record  in  any  journal, 
but  especially  does  the  compiler  of  this  history  re- 
gard it  as  a  privilege,  as  well  as  a  pleasure,  to  in- 
■  elude  it  among  its  pages ;  but  before  reaching  it  in 
its  due  order,  he  desires  to  give  the  reader  some  ex- 
tract from  the  private  journal  of  Dr.  Woodbridge, 
which  he  has  been  privileged  to  copy,  exhibiting 
more  in  detail  a  diary  of  his  work,  both  in  his  own 
parish  church,  as  well  as  when  away  on  ministerial 
■duty,  and  for  recreation.  His  numerous  friends,  I 
feel  sure,  will,  like  myself,  be  interested  in  all  he 


Monumental  Church.  397" 

has  said,  and  it  will  the  better  remind  as  of  his  faith- 
fulness in  the  cause  of  his  ''Master,"  which,  to  him,, 
was  above  "all  price."     The  correspondence  will  be 
found  on  page  423,  which  led  to  his  consent  to  fur- 
nish the  sermon  alluded  to. 

His  journal  commences  bj  giving  an  extract  of 
each  Sunday's  texts,  morning  and  afternoon,  during 
the  year,  and  also  those  of  other  ministers  who  as-^ 
sisted  him ;  and  at  the  close  of  the  year,  he  records 
the  aggregate  number  of  sermons  which  have  been, 
preached. 

During  his  third  year,  (1848),  the  church  was, 
closed  for  nine  Sundays,  owing  to  the  extended  re- 
pairs. 

In  his  fourth  year,  (1849),  he  preached  under  the- 
proclamation  of  president  Taylor,  during  the  week, 
on  thanksgiving  day. 

In  his  lifth  year,  he  says :  "  For  five  Sundays  the 
church  was  closed  to  put  up  the  new  oi-gan,  and  once 
in  the  evening  to  preach  Mr.  John  Hobinson's  fune- 
ral sermon." 

In  his  sixth  year,  he  preached  on  thanksgiving- 
day  ;  and  on  Sunday  he  preached  Mr.  Miles  Macon's 
funeral  sermon. 

In  his  seventh  year,  (1852),  he  mentions  a  convo- 
cation which  was  held  for  a  week  in  February,  in 
the  Monumental  during  the  day,  and  at  St.  Paul's 
at  night.  The  clergy  who  took  part  in  the  services 
on  that  interesting  occasion,  were  the  Rev.  Messrs. 
Chisholrn,  Walker,  Cummins,  Gibson,  and  Jackson. 

For  his  eighth  year,   (1853),   among  those  who. 


398  History  of  the 

preached  in  the  Monumental,  on  the  17th  of  April, 
was  the  Rev.  Edmund  Waller  Hening,  a  native  of 
Richmond,  and  missionary  to  Africa.  Mr.  Hening 
became  blind  from  tlie  effects  of  the  climate  in 
Africa,  and  retui-ned  to  the  United  States,  making 
his  liome  in  FJiiladelphia. 

Dr.  Woodbridge  that  summer  left  home  on  Tues- 
day, 12th  July,  and  was  absent  seven  weeks.  He 
preached  in  Albany,  Norwich,  and  Philadelphia 
while  absent. 

In  his  ninth  year,  he  was  called  on  the  12tli  March 
to  Albany,  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  his  dear 
mother.  In  August  and  September  he  was  at  the 
Sweet  Springs,  and  Col.  Burwell's  in  Botetourt 
county.  The  church  was  closed  that  year  five  times 
owing  to  bad  weather. 

In  his  tenth  3fear's  record,  he  says  he  was  absent 
from  6th  August  to  13th  September;  visited  Wythe 
county,  and  preached  a  week.  Thence  to  Union,  in 
Monroe  county,  and  attended  an  association  with 
Rev.  Messrs.  Baker  and  Pendleton.  From  there  he 
went  to  the  Sweet  Springs ;  thence  to  Fincastle,  and 
thence  home. 

In  his  eleventh  year  (1856),  he  says  on  the  19th 
April  Rev.  Mr.  Mercer  preached  in  Christ  churcli, 
(meaning  what  was  usually  known  as  the  "  Pine  Ap- 
ple" church,  in  the  valley,  opposite  Seabrook's  tobacco 
warehouse,)  and  that  night  the  church  was  burned 
down.  That  summer  he  left  home  the  last  of  July 
for  the  county  of  Nelson,  thence  to  the  Montgomery 
Springs,  and  preached  two  Sundays,  and  returned 


Monumental  Church.  399 

home  the  26th  of  August.  It  is  to  be  observed, 
in  many  instances  when  he  left  his  own  pulpit  he 
made  an  exchange  with  some  other  minister,  and 
always  each  month,  unless  absent  from  tlie  city,  ad- 
ministered the  holy  communion. 

For  his  twelfth  year  (1857),  19th  April,  he  records, 
^'  This  morning  my  portrait  was  finished  by  Monsieur 
Gillaum,  and  sent  home.  It  was  taken  at  Mrs.  John 
Hobinson's  especial  request,  to  be  hung  up  in  the 
vestry  room,'' 

Mrs.  Robinsun  was  a  warm  friend  of  Dr.  Wood- 
bridge,  and  a  communicant  of  Monumental  Church  ; 
an  old  citizen,  and  mother  of  a  large  estimable 
family,  among  whom,  distinguished  for  talent  and 
legal  attainment,  are  two  sons,  Messrs.  Moncure  and 
Conway  Hobinson,  the  former  now  of  Philadelphia, 
and  the  latter  of  "  The  Vineyard,"  near  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  Dr.  Woodbridge  spent  the  month  of 
August  this  summer  in  the  county  of  Orange,  with 

the  family  of  Mr.  Conway,  but  returned  home 

on  the  19th  to  marry  Mr.  A.  B.  Guigon,  (afterwards 
city  judge,)  to  Miss  Sarah  Bates  Allen,  and  then 
went  back  to  Orange  to  finish  his  visit. 

With  November,  1858,  Dr.  Woodbridge  closed  his 
thirteenth  year's  ministry.  He  says:  "On  the  10th 
of  May  I  went  to  New  York,  to  attend  the  anniver- 
sary of  tlie  American  Bible  Society,  as  delegate 
from  the  Bible  Society  of  Virginia.  Stayed  with  my 
nephew,  Edwin  Hendricks.  Saw  my  sister  Lucy, 
and  spent  until  Saturday  with  her.  Then  went  to 
Philadelphia  and  paid  a  visit  to  Mr.  Edmund  Cren- 


400  History  of  the 

shaw.  From  there  went  to  Winchester,  on  the  ISth^ 
to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  convention.  Preached 
on  the  20th,  and  left  on  the  24th,  in  company  with 
Bishop  Johns.  Spent  one  day  with  him,  and  then 
came  home." 

Two  Sundays  in  August  he  was  at  the  Salt  Sul- 
phur Springs,  and  returned  home  in  September. 

In  his  record  for  his  fourteenth  year  (1859),  he- 
says,  "  The  church  was  closed  on  the  22nd  of  May,, 
as  he  was  at  the  convention  of  the  diocese  in  Nor- 
folk. After  that,  he  visited  the  Eastern  Sliore  ; 
preached  twice  at  Eastville,  and  returned  home  the- 
3rd  of  June."  After  the  first  Sunday  in  August,, 
he  says,  "as  the  church  was  to  be  repaired  this- 
summer,  I  was  obliged  to  leave  the  city."  He  went 
to  Montgomery  Springs  and  Abingdon  and  preached. 
On  the  4th  of  September  he  preached  at  Christians- 
burg,  in  the  Methodist  church  He  then  came  to 
Lynchburg;  on  Tuesday  to  Amelia  Courthouse;  on 
Sunday  preached  at  Grubb  Hill;  and  Monday,  the 
12th,  reached  home. 

On  Wednesday,  October  5th,  the  general  conven- 
tion of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
United  States  commenced  its  session  in  St.  Paul's 
church,  Richmond,  and  was  opened  by  a  sermon 
from  Bishop  Otey,  of  Tennessee.  At  night  there 
was  service  in  the  Monumental,  and  every  morning 
at  eleven  during  the  first  week.  The  second  week, 
service  at  night  only.  On  tlie  9th,  in  the  mornings 
Rev.  Alexander  Yiuton ;  in  the  afternoon.  Rev.  M. 
A.  De  W.  Howe  ;  and  at  night  the  Rev.  Dr.  Little- 


Monumental  Church.  401 

jolin  preached  in  the  Monumental.  On  the  16tli 
the  Rev,  F.  L.  Hawkes,  in  the  morning,  and  the 
Rev.  R.  C.  Coxe,  in  the  afternoon,  and  at  night 
Bishop  Odenheimer  preached  in  the  Monumental. 
On  the  23rd,  Rev.  Dr.  Stevens  in  the  morning, 
Bishop  Lee  in  the  afternoon,  and  at  night  Bishop 
Elliott  preached  in  the  Monumental.  The  conven- 
tion adjourned  on  the  night  of  the  22nd  October. 

This  was  a  most  interesting  period  in  the  history, 
both  religious  and  political,  of  the  United  States. 
This  too  was  the  first  time  in  any  of  the  southern 
States  that  the  general  convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  was  held,  and  it  brought  out  the 
strongest  manifestation  of  Christian  sympathy  and 
unaffected  hospitality  towards  the  members  of  the 
convention  who  had  come  from  those  sections  of 
the  Union  in  which  great  prejudice  against  the  in- 
stitution of  negro  slavery  then  existed.  But  the 
people  of  Richmond  on  this  occasion  opened  their 
homes  and  their  hearts,  and  were  untiring  in  their 
efforts  to  make  their  friends  "feel  at  home;"  and  to 
a  great  degree  they  succeeded.  But  the  time  was 
near  at  hand  when  the  great  political  struggle  was 
to  begin;  and  the  following  fall  elections,  with  Mr. 
Lincoln  as  president  in  1861,  decided  the  issue; 
and  with  the  close  of  the  civil  war  in  1865  ended 
the  institution  which  had  produced  so  much  political 
discord  between  the  two  sections  of  the  United 
States  for  upwards  of  twenty  years  or  raoi-e. 

In  his  next  year  (fifteenth),  as  usual  he  attended 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  convention,  held  in  Char- 
26 


402  History  of  the 

lottesville.  In  June  he  went  to  Gloucester  county 
with  his  daughter,  Elizabeth.  On  the  26th  he  at- 
tended the  examination  at  Alexandria,  of  the  High 
School  and  Theological  Seminary,  He  left  home 
for  the  north  with  his  daughter,  Elizabeth,  on  the 
31st  July,  and  returned  on  Fridaj',  7th  September. 

After  this  year  (1860)  he  was  prevented  visiting 
his  friends  in  the  north,  until  the  close  of  the  war 
in  1865.  But  the  church  was  kept  open  during  the 
war,  and  he  was  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty, 
not  only  as  pastor,  but  friend  to  the  afHicted  and 
wounded,  whenever  and  wherever  he  could  offer 
sympathy  and  consolation. 

For  his  sixteenth  year  (1861),  Dr.  Woodbridge 
mentions,  under  date  of  4th  January,  1861,  that  it 
was  fast-day,  appointed  by  President  Buchanan,  for 
the  distracted  state  of  the  country,  and  his  text  was 
from  the  3rd  chapter  of  Habakkuk,  2nd  verse. 

The  services  on  that  fast-day,  which  were  held  in 
conformit}''  with  the  proclamation  of  President 
Buchanan  (then  soon  to  retire  from  ofHce),  will  give 
to  the  reader  who  was  too  young  to  comprehend 
i'ully  the  serious  position  of  our  country  some  idea 
of  the  approaching  trouble  and  distress  which  was 
apprehended  from  an  effort  on  the  part  of  the  slave 
iStates  to  form  a  distinct  Confederate  government. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  to  record,  that  Tnany,  very 
•many  church  people,  who  assembled  in  worship  under 
the  call  of  President  Buchanan,  on  that  4th  of  Jan- 
»uary,  1861,  had  all  their  lives  loved  and  cherished 
the  "Union  of  the  States"  under  the  Federal  con- 


Monumental  Church.  403 

stitntion ;  still  clung  to  the  hope  that  no  war  would 
ensue  upon  the  incoming  of  President  Lincoln,  on 
the  4th  of  March ;  and  that  our  political  troubles 
would  soon  be  settled  in  peace.  But  it  was  decreed 
otherwise,  and  the  trial  was  no  doubt  necessary,  in 
order  that  we  niiglit  in  the  end  be  a  more  united 
people. 

Under  date  of  21st  April,  Dr.  Woodbridge  re- 
cords :  "  Church  thin ;  the  troops  called  out  to  drill, 
and  the  'Pawnee'  reported  to  be  coming  up  the 
river  with  1,500  troops." 

It  is  a  little  remarkable,  but  true,  that  on  the 
same  Sunday  (21st  April,  1861,)  a  similar  excite- 
ment and  fear  from  movements  of  troops  existed  in 
Washington,  Baltimore  and  Philadelphia,  In  the 
case  of  Richmond,  the  approach  of  Federal  troops, 
and  in  that  of  the  three  other  cities  the  movement 
of  Confederate. 

Under  date  of  15th  May  he  records:  "Conven- 
tion met  in  Pichmond,  as  Alexandria  was  considered 
insecure  from  the  Federal  army  in  Washington.  It 
adjourned  on  Thursday  evening.  Bishop  Johns  being 
afraid,  and  anxious  to  get  away." 

In  September  (29th)  he  records  a  visit  to  Buck- 
ingham county,  on  a  convocation  held  there,  when 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Dashiell  and  Rev.  Mr.  ^Nelson  preached 
for  him  morning  and  afternoon. 

For  his  seventeenth  year  (1862),  Dr.  Woodbridge 
says  in  his  record  of  March:  "I  left  the  city  on 
Wednesday  (the  12th)  at  3  P.  M,  to  attend  a  con- 
vention in  Augusta,  Georgia,  to  form  a  Confederate 


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404:  History  of  the 

Bil)le  society.  I  remained  there  until  Monday  the 
24:th,  when  I  left,  reaching  home  on  the  evening  of 
the  28th." 

He  again  records  the  following:  "I  left  the  city 
Monday,  25th  August,  and  went  to  Buchanan,  where 
I  preached  on  the  31st.  The  first  Sunday  in  Sep- 
tember I  preached  in  Fincastle.  I  went  to  Lexing- 
ton on  Thursday,  and  preached  on  Sunday  the  14th. 
Tuesday  I  returned  with  Edwards,  who  was  sick,  to 
Buchanan,  and  on  Wednesday  went  to  Fincastle, 
and  preached  Thursday.  In  the  evening  preached 
to  the  soldiers,  Tuesday  again  I  preached  to  the 
soldiers  at  night,  and  Rev.  Messrs.  Scott  and  McGuire 
exhorted  after  the  sermon." 

This  year,  upon  several  occasions.  Dr.  Woodbridge 
records  his  sickness^  One  week  in  February  he  wa& 
confined  with  mumps;  and  on  other  occasions  dur- 
ing service  he  had  to  stop,  and  others  assisted  him 
to  complete  the  service. 

He  also  records  the  funeral  occasion  of  two  per- 
sons held  in  high  esteem  by  all  the  congrega- 
tion, as  well  as  other  citizens  of  Richmond  and  the 
State,  to-wit:  Mr.  James  E.  Heath  on  the  29th  of 
June,  and  Mrs.  John  Robinson  on  the  9th  of  No- 
vember. 

It  must  not  be  forgotten  tliat  we  are  now  in  the 
midst  of  the  civil  war  (1862.)  Our  southern  States 
all  blockaded  by  the  Federal  navy  as  well  as  army; 
our  supplies  gradually  diminishing  in  every  direc- 
tion; many  of  our  clergy  driven  from  their  parishes, 
and  many  following  the  army  as  chaplains ;  hence. 


Monumental  Church.  405 

tliose  who  are  in  the  city  are  called  daily  to  admin- 
ister to  the  sick  and  wounded  in  the  hospitals  in  and 
around  the  city,  and  to  bury  the  dead.  Under  this 
condition  of  things  [it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that 
many  of  our  city  churches  were  often  closed ;  for 
many  of  the  ladies  of  Richmond,  as  well  as  those 
who  Avere  refugees  from  other  cities  in  the  southern 
States,  were  in  daily  attendance  at  the  bed-side  of 
the  sick  and  dying  soldiers  of  both  armies.  Yolumes 
could  be  written  of  tlie  courage  and  personal  sacri- 
fice of  comfort  and  ease,  encountered  during  the  en- 
tire four  years  of  the  war,  by  the  women  of  the 
southern  States.  But  those  deeds  of  mercy,  in  many, 
many  instances,  have  their  record  only  in  heaven. 
I  allude  to  them  here  for  information  to  such  of 
my  readers  who  were  too  young  then  to  realize  our 
■condition,  and  for  others  who  were  remote  from  the 
scenes  of  so  much  mental  as  well  as  bodily  suffering. 

At  the  close  of  1863  (his  eighteenth  year's  ministry 
in  the  Monumental  Church),  Dr.  Woodbridge  says: 
*'  On  the  5th  of  April,  Easter  Sunday,  that  in  the  offer- 
ings of  that  day,  $50  each  to  Rev.  Mr.  E.  Withers  and 
the  Rev,  Mr.  Slack  were  placed  in  the  collection  "  He 
also  says:  "  I  went  to  Augusta,  Georgia,  to  preach  the 
sermon  before  the  Confederate  States  Bible  Society. 

"  I  returned  and  reached  home  Friday  morning, 
1st  of  May.  I  preached  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  on  the 
19th,  and  on  the  26tli  April  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Shans 
in  forenoon,  and  in  the  evening  on  the  26th  for 
Rev.  Mr.  Pringle." 

Bishop  Johns,  of  Virginia,  held  confirmation  and 


406  History  of  the 

preached  once,  Miid  Bishop  Atkinson,  of  North 
Carolina,  preached  once  also  that  year  for  him. 

On  Monday  evening,  5th  of  October,  he  says:  "I 
went  to  Petersburg  to  assist  in  a  missionary  meet- 
ing, and  opened  the  meeting,  and  others  made-  ad- 
dresses." In  every  month  he  continues  to  record  the 
fact  of  administering  the  holy  communion,  and 
always  mentions  the  names  of  ministers  present  who 
assisted  him. 

In  November,  1864,  Dr.  Woodbridge  closed  his 
nineteenth  year's  ministry  in  tlie  Monumental 
Church,  and  under  date  of  the  8th  of  May  he  re- 
cords :  "  On  the  3rd  of  May  I  left,  and  proceeded  to 
Spottsylvania  to  preach  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Green.  I 
went  to  Frederick's  Hall  Depot.  I  preached  in  St. 
John's  Church  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Friday, 
Saturday,  and  Sunday.  I  went  Monday  to  the 
army  to  see  George,  (his  son.)  The  battle  began 
Thursday  evening,  the  5tli  of  May.  I  returned 
home  Thursday,  the  12th;  bringing  with  me  Mrs. 
Genl.  Stewart,  whose  husband  was  mortally  wounded 
in  the  fight  with  Sheridan." 

On  the  12th  of  June  he  writes:  "I  administered 
the  communion  in  my  study  to  a  sick  soldier  just 
preparing  to  leave  for  the  battle  field — Lieutenant 
Bitton,  of  Florida."  Under  date  of  the  19th  he 
says:  "During  the  last  week  the  enemy  crossed 
over  to  the  south  side  and  commenced  the  attack  on 
Petersburg."  On  the  26th  he  says:  "The  weather 
is  very  warm  and  mercury  in  the  chancel  up  to  91." 

Under  date  of  iTth  July,  he   records:    "I  left 


Monumental  Church.  407 

home  Tliursday,  the  19tb,  for  Gloucester,  where  I 
continued  till  tlie  25th  August.  I  reached  liome 
the  27th,  and  preached  on  the  28th. 

I  preached  at  Miss  Sally  Tabb's  July  24th. 
August  2nd  I  preached  at  Dr.  F.  Taliaferro's.  The 
second  Sunday  in  August  I  preached  in  Ware  church. 
In  the  evening,  I  preached  at  Miss  Sally  Tabb's. 
The  third  Sunday  I  preached  at  Miss  Sally  Tabb's. 
The  fourth  Sunday  I  preached  at  the  Ware  church.' 

On  the  16th  of  November  he  records:  "This  was 
a  day  of  worship  appointed  by  President  Davis. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Patterson  (of  N.  C.)  preached.  A 
collection  for  the  poor  was  made,  and  over  $1,500 
received. 

On  the  20th  he  records,  "  I  left  home  on  the  14th 
for  Halifax  county,  to  attend  a  convocation  and  or- 
dination. The  Rev.  Messrs.  Meade  and  Thompson 
were  ordained.  I  preached  twice.  1  returned  home 
Friday,  the  25th." 

Dr.  Woodbridge  cut  from  the  newspaper  the 
"  prices  current,"  of  April  18th,  1864,  and  pasted 
the  slip  in  his  sermon  record  book,  no  doubt  as  a 
future  reference  for  those  who  were  to  come  after 
him,  and  who  were  too  young  to  understand  and  ap- 
preciate the  condition  of  the  Southern  Confederacy 
at  that  time,  and  the  high  prices  which  every  article 
of  food  and  clothing,  etc.,  had  attained  by  the  block- 
ade both  by  land  and  sea.  A  copy  of  that  price 
current  is  now  given  by  the  compiler  of  this  book, 
and  reads  thus: 

"Richmond  markets,  April   18,1864. — There  is 


408  History  of  the 

considerable  activity  in  the  market,  though  supplies 
are  not  coining  in  as  largely  as  they  were  some  days 
ago.  Transactions  are  now  slightly  in  favor  of  the 
new  issue  (smaller  denomination  than  $5  is  here 
meant  by  new  issue),  but  owing  to  the  scarcity  of 
that  medium,  five  dollor  notes  are  more  generally 
in  use.     We  give  quotations  of  the  new  issue; 

'■'■  Flour. — Demand  still  brisk.  Superfine,  $240; 
extra-superfine,  $255  and  $260  ;  family,  $275.  Sup- 
ply of  all  grades  light.     Wheat,  none  offering. 

*^  Tobacco. — No  change  in  the  market.  Lugs, 
tiommon,  $16  and  $20  per  100  pounds ;  good  lugs, 
$20  and  $28  ;  bright  and  suitable  for  smoking,  $30 
and  $40  ;  common  leaf,  $50  and  $80  ;  extra-fine,  $90 
and  $110  per  100  pounds.  Manufactured  holds 
about  the  same  as  at  last  report,  but  with  a  better 
feeling  in  the  market.  Fine  bright,  old,  may  be 
quoted  at  $350  to  $450  per  100  pounds;  medium, 
;$175  to  $275  per  100  pounds.  Apples,  $150  ,to 
;$200  a  barrel.  Bacon,  $6.50  to  $7  per  pound.  Beans, 
$35  to  $40  per  bushel.  Candles,  $5.50  per  pound. 
Cheese,  imported  $8  and  $10  per  pound  ;  country 
or  home-made,  $1  to  $6  per  pound.  Corn,  $37.50 
per  bushel,  scarce.  Corn  meal,  $40  and  $45  per 
bushel.  II'ay,&(iiivcG,  $20  and  $25  per  cwt.  Onions, 
$30  and  $35  per  bushel.  Feas,  $25  and  $40  per 
bushel.  Fotatoes,  Irish,  $12  and  $20  per  bushel. 
Leather,  sole,  $10  to  $11  per  pound ;  upper  leather, 
$12  per  pound.  Lime,  $20  to  $25  per  barrel. 
Lard,  $7.50  to  $8  per  pound.  Whiskey,  $60  and 
$80  per  gallon  ;  apple  brandy,  $50  to  $75  per  gallon; 


MojsruMENTAL  Ohurch.  409 

peacli  braudj,  $80  and  890  per  gallon  ;  rum,  $80 
and  $90  per  gallon.  Molasses,  ^50  and  $60  per 
gallon  ;  sorghum  (home-made  molasses),  $35  to  $40 
per  gallon.  Nails,  $110  to  $130  per  keg  of  100 
pounds.  Sugar,  brown,  $7.25  to  $8  per  pound  ; 
crushed  sugar,  $9  to  $11  per  pound.  Pork,  $4  to 
$5  per  pound.  Pepper,  $12  to  $15  per  pound. 
Rice,  $1  to  $1.25  per  pound.  Salt,  40  cents  per 
pound.  Soap,  $3  to  $3.50  per  pound.  2'ar,  $40 
a  barrel.  Turnips,  $5  to  $7  per  bushel.  Venison, 
$4  to  $4.50  per  pound.  Vinegar,  $5  to  $6  per  gal- 
lon. 

''Financial.— QoU,  $21  to  $21.50  of  Confederate 
paper  money  for  $1  in  gold ;  silver,  $19  to  $19.50 
for  $1  in  silver;  treasury  notes  $1.28;  coupons,  of 
ten  million,  50  cents  premium ;  sterling,  $20.25  for 
$1;  Ya.  bank  notes,  $3  for  $1." 

These  prices  will  give  the  reader  some  correct 
idea  of  the  depreciation  of  Confederate  money  as 
the  war  advanced,  and  these  ruled  a  year  before  the 
war  closed  ;  the  money  continued  to  lessen  in  value 
up  to  the  end  of  the  war,  in  1865,  in  a  still  greater 
proportion,  and  at  its  close  it  required  $60  of  Con- 
federate paper  money  to  buy  one  dollar  in  gold. 
His  next  year's  ministry  ended  with  1865  (his  20th 
year.) 

On  the  12th  of  March  he  was  taken  so  unwell 
while  reading  the  service  that  he  was  obliged  to 
retire  to  the  vestry-room,  and  the  service  was 
finished  by  one  of  the  wardens.  Under  date  of  the 
2nd  of  April  he  says:  "The  enemy  entered  tlie  city 


410  History  of  the 

on  Monday  morning,  the  3rd  of  April.  The  city 
was  bnrning  in  several  points.  A  breeze  from  the 
south  carried  the  flying  embers  to  all  parts  of  the 
city.  My  own  house  was  in  very  great  danger.  The 
roof  and  the  fence  took  Are  repeatedly.  We  had 
service  in  passion  week.  I  preached  once  at  Grace 
Church.  There  an  order  was  issued  that  the 
churches  should  not  be  opened  unless  we  used  the 
prayer  for  the  president  of  the  United  States.  Our 
churches  were  therefore  closed  Good  Friday  and 
Easter,  and  the  first  Sunday  after  Easter.  Thurs- 
day, the  2Tth,  we  received  an  order  from  General 
Halleck,  directing  us  to  open  tliem,  or  that  they 
would  be  opened  by  some  chaplain  of  the  same 
church.  The  second  Sunday  after  Easter,  April 
30tli,  the  Monumental  Church  was  opened  for  di- 
vine service.  I  preached;  a  good  many  present, 
Johnathan  E.  Woodbridge,  my  nephew,  readied  the 
city,  and  was  present.  In  the  evening  I  performed 
tlie  funeral  service  of  an  infant  child  of  Mr.  Wm. 
H.  Powers,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mason  preached  for 
me." 

August  26th  he  says:  "I  left  home  Tuesday,  and 
went  to  Philadelphia  with  Edwards  (his  son)  to  find 
for  him  a  situation.  After  considerable  enquiry  we 
decided  that  he  should  enter  the  iron  ship  building 
establishment  of  Reany,  Son  &  Archibald,  at  Chester, 
Penn.  I  preached  once,  while  I  was  gone  in  Ger- 
mantown,  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  for  the  Rev.  Ed- 
ward H.  True.  I  returned  home  Friday,  8th  Sep- 
tember, and  preached. 


Monumental  Chukch.  411 

His  next  year's  ministiy  (21st)  closed  in  1866. 
He  says:  ''April  1st. — This  was  Easter  Sunday,  and 
church  beautifully  decorated  with  flowers,"  On  the 
29th  he  says:  "The  Rev.  Mr.  Peck,  of  Mauch 
Chunk,  Penn.,  read  the  service, — the  first  northern 
clergyman  since  the  war  began  who  has  otficiated. 
On  the  afternoon  of  6th  May,  all  the  E|jiscopal  Sun- 
day-schools of  the  city  attended  service  in  the  Mon- 
umental Church,  and  appropriate  addresses  delivered 
by  the  rector  and  the  Rev.  Messrs.  I^orwood,  Peter- 
kin,  and  Dashiell."  On  the  13th  August  he  says: 
"  I  went  to  Botetourt,  where  I  spent  my  time  with 
the  family  of  Col.  Pendleton;  and  at  Fincastle  with 
Mr.  Breckenridge's  family,  at  Grove  Hill.  I  went 
with  Julia,  my  daughter,  to  the  Natural  Bridge  and 
to  the  Peaks  of  Otter.  Col.  and  Mrs.  Pendleton,  and 
their  daughter  Lizzie,  and  Major  Johnson  went  with 
us.  We  returned,  and  reached  home  September  9th 
at  6  A.  M." 

In  his  record  of  twenty-second  year's  ministry, 
he  says:  "The  weather  this  year  was  often  wet,  and 
the  church  frequently  closed  in  the  afternoon,  and 
during  the  hot  weather  the  service  only  was  used." 
The  Doctor  continues  his  record,  and  says:  "I  left 
the  city  to  visit  Mr.  Charles  G.  Talcott,  in  George- 
town, D.  C,  on  28th  August,  who  was  very  low 
with  consumption." 

Saturday,  the  31st,  I  left  Georgetown  and  went 
to  Chester,  to  visit  Edwards,  (his  son.)  Tuesday, 
the  3rd  of  September,  I  went  to  Germantown. 
Monday,  tlie  9th,  I  went  to  Atlantic  city,  a  sea- 


412  History  of  the 

batliing  place,  and  returned  to  Philadelphia  the  16th. 
Tuesday  night,  at  eleven,  I  left  Philadelphia,  and 
reached  home  Wednesday,  the  18th."  During  his 
absence  the  church  was  closed  but  one  Sunday,  8th 
of  September.  Bishop  Williams,  of  China  (a  native 
of  Richmond),  preached  on  the  1st,  and  the  Rev.  J. 
C.  McCabe,  on  the  15tli  of  September. 

Under  date  of  12th  May,  he  says:  "In  the  even- 
ing attended  Sunday-school  anniversary  and  made 
an  address." 

In  Dr.  Woodbridge's  (1868)  twenty-third  year, 
in  his  entry  of  10th  of  May,  he  says:  "Afternoon, 
church  was  closed  to  attend  anniversary  of  the  Sun- 
day-schools at  St.  Paul's."  Again  on  the  17th  he 
records:  "Afternoon  attended  the  funeral  of  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Baker,  and  read  the  service. 
Rev.  Chas.  H.  Read  (Presbyterian),  gave  out  the 
hynm  and  offered  prayer.  Mr.  Peterkin  preached 
for  rae,  and  I  for  him  at  niglit." 

Under  date  of  21st  June,  he  says:  "I  was  taken 
sick  Thursday  niglit,  and  during  Friday  was  some- 
wliat  unwell;  but  Friday  night  was  violently  ill. 
Sunday  I  could  not  preach.  Mr.  Fisher  (one  of  the 
wardens)  read  the  service,  both  morning  and  even- 
ing. Wednesday  I  went  to  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary, accompanied  by  Julia  (one  of  his  daughters), 
and  remained  till  Tuesday,  the  30th;  that  day  I 
€.ame  home,  leaving  Julia  in  Fredericksburg." 

He  says  again :  "  The  3rd  of  August  I  left  home, 
and  with  Lizzie  and  Mar}'  (daughters)  visited  the 
counties  of  Nelson  and  Botetourt  and  Augusta.     I 


Monumental  Church.  413 

preached  in  each  county,  and  returned  home  on 
September  12th." 

Again  he  records  (after  the  11th  October),  ''Dar- 
ing the  preceding  week  I  went  to  Staunton,  Tues- 
day, the  6th,  and  to  Charlottesville,  and  deliv^ered 
addresses  on  the  subject  of  the  Bible  Society  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  returned  home  Saturday,  the  10th."  On 
the  25th  he  mentions:  "Exchanged  with  the  Rev. 
George  Perterkin,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  anni- 
versary of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Monumental 
Church  was  held,  and  addresses  made  by  Rev. 
George  Peterkin,  Mr.  Dimmock,  and  myself." 

Dr.  Woodbridge,  in  liis  tvventy-fourtli  year's  min- 
istry, closing  with  1869,  Easter  Sunday,  March  28, 
says:  '-This  year  Easter,  according  to  Dr.  Jarvis, 
falls  on  the  very  day  of  the  month  when  our  Lord 
rose  from  the  dead."  His  morning  text  is  taken 
from  Psalm  cxviii.  24th  verse. 

Under  date  of  4th  April  he  says:  "The  Rev. 
Thomas  U.  Dudley  preached  for  me  this  forenoon, 
and  I  preached  at  St.  John's  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wall, 
who  had  gone  to  King  George." 

Again  on  16th  May  he  says:  "Attended  the  fune- 
ral of  Dr.  James  Bolton,  which  took  place  from  the 
church  at  half-past  five  this  afternoon.  His  remains 
were  brought  down  from  Albemarle  in  the  five- 
twenty  train,  and  all  of  the  clergy  of  the  church, 
and  a  large  congregation  attended."  Dr.  Bolton 
was  much  beloved,  and  had  been  one  of  the  warmest 
friends  and  vestrymen  of  the  Monumental  Church 
for  many  j^ears. 


414  History  of  the 

In  the  twenty-fifth  year  of  his  ministry,  ending 
with  1870,  Dr.  Woodbridge  records, — for  the  first 
Sunday  after  Christmas,  the  text  of  his  afternoon 
sermon,  Eph.,  5th  chapter,  18th  verse:  "And  be  not 
drunk  with  wine  wherein  is  excess;  but  be  filled  with 
the  Spirit."  He  says:  "It  was  preached  on  the 
20th  Sunday  after  Trinity,  and  repeated  this  even- 
ing at  the  request  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance." 

After  recording,  under  date  of  20th  February, 
that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lyman  Wliarton  preached  for 
him  in  the  evening,  he  says:  "In  the  evening  of 
Sunday  I  was  taken  with  a  severe  chill  about  half- 
past  nine,  which  lasted  nearly  all  night;  this  was 
succeeded  bj^  a  fever,  which  lasted  until  Wednesday. 
Sunday,  the  27th,  I  had  no  service;  the  day  was  bad 
and  few  turned  out." 

The  Sunday  after  Easter  (24tli  April)  he  records: 
"In  the  afternoon  at  four,  attended  the  funeral  of 
Mr.  Freeman.  At  five  the  usual  service  was  held, 
and  Mr.  George  Peterkin  ofiiciated." 

On  the  27th  he  says :  "  The  court  of  appeal's  room 
in  the  Capitol  fell,  and  about  seventy  were  killed, 
and  many  others  wounded  and  bruised." 

On  the  1st  May,  he  says  in  his  morning  text: 
"  Thou  art  my  God,  my  times  are  in  Thy  hands,"  in 
allusion  to  the  grievous  calamity  which  has  fallen 
upon  our  city  and  State. 

On  the  28th,  the  day  after  the  great  disaster  at  the 
Capitol,  a  very  large  congregation  at  the  Monumen- 
tal Church  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Powhatan 
Roberts,  a  highly  respected  lawyer  of  the  congrega- 


i 


Monumental  Church.  415 

tion;  also  a  _yoatli  of  the  name  of  Turner,  a  page  in 
the  Virginia  house  of  delegates,  who,  like  Mr. 
Roberts,  with  many  others,  was  killed  by  that  fatal 
accident.  The  accident  occurred  from  an  over- 
crowded audience  in  the  court  room  above  the  large 
room  of  the  hall  of  the  house  of  delegates;  it  sud- 
denly gave  way,  and  with  a  heavy  mass  of  flooring 
and  timbers  and  plastering,  precipitated  more  than 
a  hundred  human  beings  into  the  story  below.  The 
whole  cit}'  was  full  of  mourning  in  an  hour  after 
the  disaster,  and  it  required  all  the  rest  of  the  day 
(it  occurred  at  11  A.  M.,  just  an  hour  before  the 
meeting  of  the  house  of  delegates)  to  remove  the 
debris  and  recover  each  body,  which  was  torn  and 
so  disfigured  as  to  render  it  difficult  to  be  recognized. 
On  Wednesday,  the  4th  of  May,  just  a  week  after- 
wards, Governor  Walker  issued  his  proclamation  as 
a  day  of  humiliation  and  prayer,  to  be  observed  in 
special  reference  to  the  occasion,  and  all  the  churches 
in  the  city  held  religious  and  devout  services,  and 
all  secular  pursuits  were  suspended.  The  Monu- 
mental Church  had  a  lar^e  cono^reo-ation  in  atten- 
dance. 

Dr.  Woodbridge  says,  "After  ascension  day  I  was 
at  the  council  in  Wheeling.  I  left  home  Monday, 
the  6th,  and  reached  home  Tuesday,  the  31st.  Wed- 
nesday, the  1st  of  June,  I  married  Mr.  Franklin 
Stearns,  Jr.,  to  Miss  Palmer." 

On  Sunday  afternoon,  the  12th,  he  attended  the 
funeral  of  Mr.  Wm.  Beers  (one  of  his  congregation). 
On  Monday  he  went  to  Mrs.  Temple's  in  Chester- 


416  History  of  the 

field,  and  baptized  three  children  of  Mr.  Carrington 
Watkins.  Yisited  Mr.  Ruffin's,  and  returned  home 
"Wednesday.  Under  date  of  Sunday,  24th  July,  he 
says,  "At  nine  in  the  morning  performed  the  funeral 
service  for  the  late  Mr.  Walker  Haxall." 

"  Monday,  the  1st  of  August,  at  4  P.  M.,  I  left 
Richmond  with  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  went 
to  the  north — to  Chester,  Penn.,  Albany,  Saratoga,. 
New  Bedford,  Auburndale,  Stockbridge,  Brooklyn. 
At  Stockbridge  I  attended  the  '  Edwards  gathering,' 
and  delivered  a  short  address.  We  returned  home 
Wednesday,  the  14th  September." 

In  the  afternoon,  on  the  30th  of  October,  he  at- 
tended the  funeral  of  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Doswell,  of 
Hanover  county,  which  took  place  in  Monumental 
Church. 

He  records,  on  24th  November,  "  Service  in  the 
forenoon,  being  thanksgiving  day  by  proclamation 
of  President  Grant,  and  at  night  the  marriage  of 
George  (his  son)  to  Miss  Martha  Edmond." 

At  the  close  of  his  twenty-sixth  year,  ending 
with  1871,  Dr.  Woodbridge,  under  date  of  Easter 
Sunday,  9th  of  April,  says,  "  My  brother  and  his 
wife  and  D wight  came  Saturday." 

On  the  11th  of  June,  in  the  afternoon,  after  the 
service,  read  an  article  in  tlie  "  Spirit  of  Missions." 

After  the  6tli  August  he  thus  records:  "I  went 
to  Winchester  to  a  missionary  meeting.  I  preached 
on  Wednesday  night.  Thursday  night,  I  made  an 
address  on  the  subject  of  missions.  Friday  I  went 
to  Capon  Springs,  and  remained  there  two  weeks,. 


I 


Monumental  Church.  417 

and  preached  twice.  The  25tli  August  I  left  and 
went  to  Berrvville.  I  preached  there,  and  made  an 
address  on  the  'Brotherhood.' 

"Wednesday,  the  30th,  I  went  to  Millwood,  and 
attended  a  convocation,  and  preached  Wednesday 
morning,  on  the  'Marriage  Garment;'  preached  also 
Sunday  morning,  3rd  of  September.  I  left  Mill- 
wood, Tuesday,  the  5th,  and  reached  Staunton 
Wednesday  night.  I  left  Staunton,  and  reached 
Mr.  Purcell's,  in  Albemarle,  Saturday,  the  10th,  and 
preached  on  Luke  viii.,  18th  verse.  I  left  Mr.  Pur- 
cell's on  the  14th,  and  reached  home  the  15th  Sep- 
tember.    I  staid  at  Greenwood  one  day." 

On  the  9th  of  October,  at  night,  when  Bishop 
Huntington  preached,  a  collection  was  taken  up  for 
the  "  increase  of  the  ministry." 

On  the  12th  I^ovember,  in  the  afternoon,  being- 
the  23rd  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Dr.  Woodbridge  read 
the  pastoral  letter  of  tlie  House  of  Bishops  in  place 
of  a  sermon. 

His  next  year  (tlie  twenty-seventh)  ended  in 
1872.  Under  date  of  lOtli  December,  he  records 
the  baptism  of  his  grand  child,  Robert  Edniond 
Woodbridge,  by  Bishop  Whittle.  On  the  27th 
March  Bishop  Johns  held  confirmation  in  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  and  had  a  class  of  twenty-three  on 
the  occasion ;  and  he  records  that  on  that  day,  be- 
fore the  regular  service  commenced,  he  baptized 
Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  Mills  and  her  son,  Mr.  Nicholas 
Mills. 

Under  date  of  28t]i  of  July,  he  says,  "  I  returned 

27 


418  History  of  the 

from  the  White  Sulphur,  wliither  I  went  with  Mrs. 
Woodbridge  and  Julia.  I  preached  on  the  gospel 
for  the  day  (ninth  Sunda}^  after  Trinity)." 

On  the  '4:th  of  August  the  Rev.  Mr,  Cornish 
preached  for  him,  and  he  administered  the  holj 
communion.  The  next  day  he  writes,  "  I  left  the 
city  and  returned  to  the  mountains.  I  preached  at 
the  Warm  Springs  August  11th,  morning  and  even- 
ing. I  lectured  once  during  the  week.  I  preached 
to  the  colored  people  August  18th,  and  again  the 
25th.  I  preached  also  in  the  morning  at  the  Warm 
Springs.  August  27th  I  left  the  Warm  Springs  and 
went  with  my  wife  and  daughter  Julia  to  the  Hot 
Springs.  I  preached  there  in  the  morning,  Septem- 
ber 1st,  to  the  whites  ;  in  the  evening  to  the  colored, 
and  at  night  at  the  Healing  Springs,  three  miles  off. 
I  left  Mrs.  W.  and  Julia  at  the  Hot  Springs  and  re- 
turned home." 

On  the  28th  he  says,  "  Thanksgiving  day  ap- 
pointed by  President  Grant.  Lev.  xxiii.  29.  Rev. 
Drs.  Wall,  Minnigerode,  and  Peterkin  read  the  ser- 
vice on  this  occasion." 

The  next  year,  closing  with  1873,  being  the  28th, 
lie  records,:  "On  16th  February  the  weather  is  bad, 
rand  few  present.  Mr.  Woodbridge,  of  Savannah, 
present  in  the  afternoon." 

On  the  30th  March  he  went  to  Petersburg,  and 
preached  for  Rev.  C.  J.  Gibson,  who  came  to  Rich- 
mond, and  preached  in  the  Monumental. 

Under  date  of  4th  May  he  says :  "  During  the 
last  week   I  went  to   Lynchburg  to  attend  a  mis- 


Monumental  Church.  419 

sionary  meeting.  I  went  the  30th  April,  and  re- 
turned the  3rd  of  May."  On  the  afternoon  of  11th 
May  he  says:  "Sunday-school  anniversary;  ad- 
di-esses  made  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Minnigerode,  Peter- 
kin,  and  myself."  Under  date  of  3rd  August  he 
says:  "Tuesday  morning  at  6:10  I  started,  with  my 
daughter  Mary,  and  visited  Albany,  Saratoga,  Lake 
George,  and  Champlain ;  returned  to  Albany ;  went 
to  Germantown,  to  West  Point,  and  reached  home 
Friday,  12th  September.  I  preached  in  Conklings- 
ville  twice,  morning  and  evening.  At  Germantown 
three  times." 

"  On  the  5th  October  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wheat  read  the 
service  in  the  morning,  and  preached  in  the  after- 
noon. To-day  was  the  first  choir  music  since  Au- 
gust, and  the  first  combined  singing  of  the  two  young 
ladies.  Misses  Fox  and  Skelton  ;  and  with  Mr.  Grant's 
fine  voice,  the  music  was  very  sweet." 

Under  date  of  16th  November  Dr.  Woodbridge 
says:  "  I  went  to  Port  Royal,  and  preached  morn- 
ing and  at  night  for  Mr.  Poindexter.  That  day  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Forrest  and  Rev.  Mr.  Wall  preached  in 
the  Monumental  Church." 

The  next  year's  sermons,  say  for  his  twenty-ninth 
year's  ministry  in  the  Monumental  Church,  ending 
Avith  1874, — under  date  of  14th  December,  he  says : 
"I  exchanged  with  the  Rev.  C.  J.  Gibson,  of  Peters- 
burg, who  preached  for  me  in  the  morning,  and 
baptized  the  child  of  Mr.  W.  S.  P.  Mayo ;  and  Mr. 
Robert  Gibson  preached  in  the  afternoon." 

On  the  4th  January  he  says  :  "  Baptized  the  child 


420  History  of  the 

of  Mr.  Riifns  Yarbrongh,  '  Lilian  Moore.' "  On  the 
8th  February,  by  request,  he  preached  a  former  ser- 
mon on  the  dreadful  and  sinful  habit  of  drunkenness, 
from  Eph.  5th  chap.,  18tli  verse.  On  Easter  Sunday 
the  Rev.  Pike  Powers  assisted  him  in  the  holy  com- 
munion. He  says,  ''  On  Good  Friday  my  brother 
and  his  wife  and  child  came  to-day."  May  3rd,  Rev. 
Pike  powers  assisted  him  in  the  holy  communion. 

On  Whit-Sunday,  24:th,  in  the  afternoon,  by  re- 
quest made  of  the  rector  and  vestry,  a  special  ser- 
vice and  sermon  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wall,  St.  John's 
Cliurch,  was  held  in  the  Monumental  for  British 
immigrants,  in  honor  of  the  Queen's  birth-day.  Dr. 
Wall  preached  from  1  Peter,  2d  chapter,  ITtli  verse, 
"Love  the  brotherhood,  fear  God,  honor  the  king." 
Dr.  Woodbridge  read  the  service  upon  this  occasion, 
and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wall  preached.  Two  other  clergy- 
men were  in  the  chancel.  Immediately  after  the 
prayer  for  the  president  of  the  United  States,  the 
prayer  from  the  English  prayer-book  for  the  Queen 
was  read,  and  another  for  the  family. 

The  psalter  for  Whit-Sunday  was  chanted  by  the 
choir,  and  during  the  collection  of  the  alms,  the 
choir  sang  the  favorite  Easter  anthem,  taken  from 
the  15th  chapter  of  Corinthians,  commencing  with 
"Behold  I  shew  you  a  mystery."  It  was  delight- 
ful to  hear  it.  The  99th  selection,  the  first  two  and 
last  two  verses,  were  also  sung  with  great  spirit; 
also  one  of  the  additional  hymns  to  the  tune  of 
"  God  save  the  Queen."  The  sermon  was  very  ap- 
propriate, and  the  occasion  a  most  interesting  one ; 
the  congregation  very  large  and  orderly. 


I 


Monumental  Chukch.  421 

Dr.  Woodbridge,  under  date  of  13th  September, 
says:  ''I  returned  Saturday,  the  12tli,  from  a  visit 
with  Julia,  to  Saratoga,  Lal^:e  George,  Albanj^,  Ger- 
mantown,  and  New  York.  I  preached  in  Saratoga, 
August  16th ;  in  St.  Paul's,  Albany,  August  30th ; 
and  in  Germantown,  September  6,  on  the  Inspira- 
tion of  the  Scriptures.  Likewise  in  last  place,  from 
Phil.  4th  chapter,  6tli  verse,  "Let  yonr  moderation 
be  known  unto  all  men ;  the  Lord  is  at  hand." 

On  8th  November,  exchanged  M'ith  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Mnrdaough. 

Dr.  Woodbridge's  thirtieth*  year's  ministry  in 
Monumental  Church  closed  on  the  28th  ISovember, 
1875. 

Under  date  of  17th  January,  he  says:  "  Exchanged 
with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nelson,  of  Grace  Church,  and  in 
the  afternoon  Rev,  Mr.  Shields  preached  for  me, 
and  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Robert  Edmond, 
at  the  Grace  St.  Presbyterian  Church." 

Under  date  of  21st  February,  he  says:  ''  Went  to 
Alexandria  to  address  the  Bible  Society.  In  the 
morning  I  preached  in  Cln-ist  Church  for  Mr. 
McKim;  again  at  night.  Li  the  afternoon,  at  three, 
made  the  address.  Bishop  Doggett  (of  the  Metho- 
dist Clmrch)  went  with  me." 

The  council  for  the  diocese  met  in  Richmond 
Wednesday,  the  19th.  The  Monumental  was  open 
for  divine  service  Wednesday,  Thursday,  and  Friday, 
at  5  P.  M.  The  Rev.  Melville  Jackson  preached  on 
Wednesday,  Mr.  Tidball  on  Thursday,  and  Mr.  Bar- 
ten  on  Friday.     Trinity  morning  Rev.  Mr.  Weddell 


422  History  of  the 

preached  for  nie ;  afternoon  the  '  British  Immigra- 
tion Society '  held  its  annual  service  in  honor  of  the 
birthday  of  the  Queen  of  England,  and  the  sermon 
was  preached  by  their  chaplain,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wall, 
from  1st  Kings,  xiii.  7." 

On  the  30th  he  says,  "  In  the  afternoon  Rev.  Dr. 
"Wheat  preached,  and  baptized  his  grandchild,  Mary 
Wheat.  June  6th,  I  preached,  and  Mr.  Fisher  read 
the  service  for  me,  and  again  in  the  afternoon. "^ 
June  2Tth,  he  says,  "  I  preached  in  the  forenoon, 
and  was  so  unwell  Mr.  Fisher  read  the  service  for 
me.  July  ith.  Rev-.  Pike  Powers  preached  in  the 
morning,  and  assisted  me  in  the  holy  communion." 

August  1st,  he  writes,  "  Morning  Bishop  Dudley 
preached,  and  assisted  me  in  the  communion.  In 
the  afternoon,  at  5,  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Phebe  H. 
Gardner  took  place." 

.  August  2nd,  "  I  went  to  the  north — to  Saratoga, 
Albany,  Germantown,  and  Chester.  I  preached  at 
Saratoga,  at  Germantown  in  St.  Peter's  Church. 
I  returned  home  Friday,  10th  September." 

September  12th  he  says,  "  Held  service  in  the 
Sunday-school  room  in  the  morning,  because  of  the 
repairs  of  tlie  church.  In  the  afternoon  held  service 
in  St.  Paul's  Church,  which,  during  the  repairs  in 
the  Monumental,  was  kindly  offered  by  the  vestry 
of  St.  Paul's." 

"J^ovember  7,  in  the  morning  service  in  the  Sun- 
day-school room,  and  holy  communion,  assisted  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Munford.  Afternoon,  raining,  and  but  few 
present  *'at  St.  Paul's.     November  25tli,  thanksgiv- 


Monumental  Church.  423 

ing  day,  I  preached  at  St.  John's  ;  the  Monumental 
closed." 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

'•'•Rev.  Geo.  Woodhridge,  D.  D.,  Ricliinond.,  Virginia, 
December  6,  1875,  Rector  Monumental  Church. 
"Dear  Sir. — We,  tlie  undersigned,  members  of 
your  church,  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  hear  your 
sermon  on  yesterday  morning,  desire  a  copy  of  it 
for  distribution  among  the  congregation  and  friends 
of  our  church. 

"It  is  not  often  in  the  history  of  a  church  in  this 
country,  that  a  pastor  can   preach   his  thirtieth  an- 
nual sermon,  and  such  an  event  should  make  us  all 
thankful  to  the  '  God  of  all  mercies '  for  His  good- 
ness to  us.     May  the   Bishop  and  Shepherd  of  the 
church  ever  have  you  in  his  care  and  keeping,  and 
long  spare  you  to  us  as  our  pastor  and  friend. 
"Your  obedient  servants, 
Wm.  H.  Powers,         Thomas  Potts, 
P.  H.  Mayo,  P.  C.  Warwick, 

Jas.  H.  Gardner,  John  H.  Tyler, 
Thos.  W.  Doswell,  Geo.  D.  Fisher,. 
R.  H.  Meade,  H.  D.  Whitcomb.. 

"  To  Messrs.    Wm.  II.  Rowers,  Thos.  Potts,  P.  H. 

Mayo,  and  others. 

"  Gentlemen. — If  you  think  the  sermon  preached 
last  Sunday  may  be  'useful  for  distribution  among 
the  congregation  and  friends  of  the  church,'  it  is  at 
your  disposal.  I  would  observe  that  the  period  of 
'thirty  years'  only  begins  with  the  first  of  Decern- 


424  History  of  the 

ber,  18-4-5.  Pi-evionsly  to  that  I  ministered  in  Clirist 
Church,  from  Whit-Sunday,  May  25,  1833,  the 
statistics  of  whicli  are  left  out  as  not  material  to  the 
subject.  But  the  congregation  is  the  same.  So 
that  my  ministry  embraces  but  one  congregation  to 
the  present  time — a  period  of  more  than  forty-two 
jears. 

"  Yery  truly, 

"Geo.  Woodbkidge. 
^'KicHMOND,  Dec.  8,  1875." 

DISCOURSE. 

^'Tliis  is  an  eventful  day  in  the  history  of  this 
congregation.  Just  thirt}'  years  ago  to-day,  my  be- 
loved people,  Ave  took  possession  of  this  church  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord.  And  now,  to-day,  we  stand 
iere  once  more  to  praise  and  bless  His  holy  name. 

"  The  history  of  this  church  is  in  some  respects 
peculiar.  During  its  existence  it  has  never  had  but 
rtwo  rectors — if  we  except  the  short  period  of  two 
years — Bishop  Moore  and  myself.  Of  what  other 
church  in  this  country  can  the  same  be  said  ?  The  per- 
manence of  the  pastoral  relation  has  become  so  dis- 
turbed and  so  inconstant,  that  it  now  continues  but 
a  very  few  years.  And  congregations  are  agitated 
•with  the  breaking  up  of  the  pastoral  relation,  and 
perplexed  with  the  ditticulty  of  a  choice,  and  fre- 
quently with  the  suspension  of  services  altogether 
for  a  considerable  length  of  time. 

''  There  is  another  peculiarity.  There  has  never 
been,  through  the  grace  and  mercy  of  God,  a  single 


Monumental  Church.  425 

ruffle  of  discord  since  it  was  first  opened.  During 
Bishop  Moore's  rectorship  every  thing-  moved  on  so 
harmoniously  that  no  root  of  bitterness  ever  sprang 
up  to  trouble  them;  but  '  peace  and  happiness,  truth 
and  justice,  religion  and  piety,  were  established 
among  them.'  And  during  my  own  rectorship,  I  do 
not  recollect  one  instance  of  discord  which  has  ever 
risen  up  to  trouble  us.  To  the  Lord  alone  be  the 
praise,  for  He  is  the  '  author  of  peace  and  the  lover 
of  concord.'  It  is  His  mei'cy  and  grace  which  have 
preserved  us  in  peace  and  harmon3^  And  to  Him 
be  the  praise. 

"  The  first  sermon  in  this  church  was  preached  by 
the  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Wilmer,  at  the  opening  of  the 
convention,  May  4th,  1814.  At  the  same  time  a 
resolution  was  passed,  '  that  the  Rev.  AVm.  Meade 
be  requested  to  deliver  a  discourse  in  the  Monumen- 
tal Church  in  this  city  on  the  next  Sabbath  day,  ap- 
propriate to  the  occasion  of  admitting  that  church 
into  the  general  church  of  this  diocese. 

"  Bishop  Moore  was  consecrated  to  the  Episcopate 
on  the  18th  of  May,  1814,  and  immediately  after- 
wards entered  upon  his  duties  as  rector  of  the  Mon- 
umental Church.  He  died  November,  1841.  The 
Rev.  Dr.  Norwood  succeeded  him,  and  continued  in 
the  rectorship  about  two  years.  The  second  Sun- 
day in  advent,  the  Tth  of  December,  1845,  the  con- 
gregation of  Christ  Church  took  possession  of  this 
church,  and  to-day  is  the  thirtieth  anniversary  of 
that  event. 

"At  that  time  the  number  of  communicants  was 


426  History  of  the 

one  himdred  and  three,  of  whom,  the  following  June, 
three  were  admitted  to  holy  orders.  Since  then,  to 
the  first  of  last  May,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
four  have  been  admitted  to  the  communion  of  the 
church  ;  six  hundred  and  twenty-two  have  removed, 
and  received  letters  of  dismission  ;  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  have  died  ;  and  nineteen  have  either  with- 
drawn from  the  holy  communion,  or  have  been  sus- 
pended. The  number  of  communicants,  as  last  re- 
ported, is  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven.  There  have 
been  one  hundred  and  forty  adults,  and  seven  hundred 
and  thirty -three  infants  baptized.  There  have  been 
two  hundred  and  sixty-four  marriages,  and  there 
have  been  six  hundred  and  twenty-three  funerals. 
The  amount  collected,  independent  of  the  regular 
expenses  of  the  church,  such  as  ministerial  salary, 
music,  sexton,  etc.,  is  $89,755.79.  This  amount  is 
for  the  general  purposes  of  benevolence,  and  of  the 
church,  not  only  diocesan,  but  general. 

'-  Ten  persons  liave  been  ordained  to  holy  orders 
in  this  church,  of  whom  three  are  now  resting  from 
their  labors  in  the  grave.  Three  others  have  been 
consecrated  as  bishops  in  the  church,  of  whom  one,, 
the  Right  Rev.  Clianning  Moore  Williams,  is  now 
the  devoted,  self-denying,  single-hearted  missionary 
bishop  to  Japan  ;  another,  the  Right  Rev.  Henry  C 
Lay,  of  Easton,  and  the  other,  the  Right  Rev.  Thos. 
U.  Dudley,  Jr.,  of  Kentucky,  all  of  whom  are  faith- 
fully and  laboriously  discharging  the  duties  of  their 
high  office.  And  here,  too,  I  would  pause  for  a 
moment  to  pay  a  tribute  of  deserved  praise  to  the 


Monumental  Church.  427 

vestry  of  this  church.  There  has  never  been  among 
them  at  any  time  ought  but  the  utmost  harmony  of 
feeling  and  Christian  propriety;  never  any  other 
than  the  most  earnest  desire  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  the  church  and  congregation,  whose  interests  were 
committed  to  their  charge;  and  this,  too,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  much  time  and  care  and  thought  in  the 
midst  of  pressing  business  avocations. 

"  In  the  review  of  the  past  we  have  great  cause  to 
be  thankful,  and  to  exclaim,  '  What  hatii  God 
wrought  V  And  we  have  great  cause  for  encourage- 
ment as  we  look  on  to  the  future.  It  is  true,  we  might 
have  done  better  than  we  have  done  in  time  past. 
Let  it  be  our  effort  to  do  better  in  the  time  to  come. 

"We  have  just  repaired  the  church  edifice  in  a 
most  beautiful  and  appropriate  manner.  It  has 
been,  with  the  limited  means  at  our  disposal,  accom- 
plished with  great  taste  and  beauty  and  economy. 
We  owe  much  to  the  energy  and  faithfulness  of  the 
committee  who  have  been  entrusted  with  its  manage- 
ment. Though  they  have  been  burdened  with  the 
cares  of  a  large  and  extensive  business,  yet  many  of 
them  have  taken  time  to  visit  the  church  several 
times  each  day,  and  to  advise  with  the  artist  and  to 
superintend  tlie  work.  The  congregation  owe  them 
a  debt  of  gratitude  for  what  they  have  done. 
But  they  will  find  a  higher  reward  in  the  approba- 
tion of  Him,  for  the  love  of  whom  and  for  the  sake 
of  whose  cause  they  were  willing  to  make  the  sacri- 
fice of  their  time  and  labor.  It  has  been  indeed, 
with  them,  a  labor  of  love,  and  they  alread}"  find  a 


428  History  of  the 

reward  in  the  gratification  vvitli  which  they  survey 
their  work. 

"The  painting  of  the  interior  of  the  church  has 
been  already  paid  for  by  the  liberality  of  the  com- 
mittee and  a  few  others.  But  the  painting  of  the 
exterior,  including  about  one-half  the  whole  amount, 
is  yet  to  be  raised.  And  will  you  not,  my  beloved 
people,  wlien  next  Sunday  you  once  more  occupy 
your  accustomed  seats  in  the  house  of  God,  put  in 
the  plates,  as  your  thank-offering  to  God,  enough  to 
pay  off  at  once  the  whole  debt.  Alread}^  one-half 
the  whole  amount  has  been  paid  by  the  generosity 
of  the  committee.  It  w'ould  be  a  most  noble  and 
generous  work  to  pay  off  the  whole  debt  at  once, 
and  to  leave  no  debt  upon  the  house  of  God  when 
we  once  more  occupy  our  accustomed  seats  there. 

"Fifty  dollars  from  iive  persons;  thirty  dollars 
from  ten  persons;  twenty  dollars  from  fifteen  per- 
sons; and  a  like  generous  contribution  from  others 
according  to  tlieir  means,  would  pay  off'  the  wliole 
debt  at  once.  And  we  should  then  have  the  high 
satisfaction  of  worshipping  in  the  house  of  God  on 
which  no  debt  was  resting,  and  for  laboring  on 
wdiich  no  mechanic  was  suffering.  When  David,- 
the  King  was  about  to  buy  the  threshing-floor  of 
Oman  the  Jebusite,  on  Mount  Moriah,  that  he  might 
build  the  temple  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Oman 
offered  the  place,  the  victims  for  sacrifice,  the 
threshing  instruments  for  fuel,  as  a  free  will  offer- 
ing. 'I  give  it  all,'  said  he.  '^ay,'  said  David, 
^  but  I  will  verily  bu}^  it  for  the  full  price ;  for  I  will 


Monumental  Church.  429 

not  take  that  which  is  thine  for  the  Lord,  nor  offer 
burnt  offerings  without  cost.'  Observe,  he  would 
not  worship  God  with  that  which  cost  him  nothing ; 
nor  would  he  presume  to  serve  God  at  other  peo- 
ple's expense  and  charge.  Let  me  commend  this  to 
your  example  and  imitation.  We  find  too  many 
willing  to  do  this.  But  will  God  be  pleased  with 
us  if  we  suffer  others  to  adorn  and  beautify  His 
sanctuary,  while  we  never  raise  a  finger  to  help  them; 
if  we  enjoy  in  ease  and  comfort  and  satisfaction,  the 
fruit  of  their  labor  and  self-denial,  while  we  bear  no 
part  ourselves  in  the  expense  and  cost  required? 
God  forbid !  We  might  expect  a  curse  rather  than 
a  blessing. 

"And  see  how  God  testified  His  acceptance  of  the 
offering  thus  presented.  '  He  answered  him  from 
heaven  by  fire  upon  the  altar  of  burnt  offering.' 
St.  Paul,  in  his  second  epistle  to  the  Corinthians, 
says:  '  See  that  ye  abound  in  this  grace  also,'  What 
grace  ?  Why,  the  grace  of  liberality.  He  styles  it  a 
'  grace.'  He  associates  it  with  faith,  and  hope,  and 
knowledge,  and  love.  He  evidently  regards  it  as  a 
very  imjportajit  grace,  nay,  an  indispensable  one.  By 
it  he  would  test  the  sincerity  of  our  faith  and  love. 
And  he  seems  to  intimate  that  there  can  be  no 
genuine  love  where  this  grace  is  wanting. 

"  But  to  have  this  grace  is  not  sufficient.  The 
apostle  would  have  it  to  be  ever  growing  and  increas- 
ing,— '  See  that  ye  ahoxind  in  this  grace.'  Diminish 
not  then  your  contributions,  but  see  that  they  in- 
crease year  by  year.     Say  not  that  your  expenses 


430  History  of  the 

increase;  that  you  have  built  a  house  and  have  not 
yet  paid  for  it;  that  you  liave  bought  new  furniture 
at  a  large  outlaj^;  that  you  wish  to  increase  your 
capital  in  order  to  assist  some  new  enterprise ;  that 
you  have  married  a  wife  and  taken  an  expensive 
bridal  trip.  Oh,  tell  it  not  in  Gath,  lest  the  uncir- 
cumcised  triuniph. 

"  There  are  many  reasons  which  make  liberality 
desirable.  It  is  useful — useful  in  a  thousand  ways. 
It  is  also  advantageous  to  those  relieved.  But  none 
of  these  grounds  does  St.  Paul  take.  '  I  mean  not,' 
said  he,  '  tliat  other  men  be  eased  and  ye  burdened,' 
as  though  the  benefit  to  the  poor  were  the  main  end ; 
as  though  God  cared  for  the  poor  and  not  for  the 
rich  ;  as  thougli  to  get  from  those  who  have,  and  to 
give  to  those  who  have  not,  were  the  main  object  of 
inciting  to  liberality.  No,  he  takes  higher  ground. 
It  is  a  grace  of  God.  He  contemplates  the  benefit 
to  the  giver.  Charity  is  not  merely  useful;  it  is 
lovely.  It  is  not  a  mere  engine  of  our  nature  to 
work  for  social  improvement;  it  makes  us  Godlike. 

"  But  Christian  liberality  must  be  the  work  of  the 
willing  mind.  For  if  there  be  first  a  willing  mind,  it  is 
accepted  according  to  that  a  man  hath,  and  not  accord- 
ing to  that  he  hath  not.  Plainly,  it  is  not  the  value 
of  the  contribution,  but  the  love  of  the  contributor 
which  makes  it  precious.  The  offering  is  hallowed 
or  unhallowed  in  God's  sight  by  the  spij'it  in  which 
it  is  given.  This  truth  is  most  strikingly  illustrated 
by  the  widow's  mite.  Tried  by  the  guage  of  the 
treasurer  of  a  charity  it  was  next  to  nothing.     Tried 


Monumental  Church.  431 

by  the  test  of  charity  it  was  more  than  that  of  all. 
Her  coins,  worthless  in  the  eyes  of  the  rich  Piiari- 
see,  were,  in  the  eyes  of  Christ,  transformed  by  her 
love  into  the  gold  of  the  eternal  city. 

"  Yet  St.  Paul  does  not  say  that  a  willing  mind  is 
all.  He  makes  a  wise  addition,  '  Now,  therefore, 
perform  the  doing  of  it.'  Because,  true  though  it  be, 
that  willingness  is  accepted  where  the  means  are  not, 
jet  where  the  means  are,  willingness  is  tested  only 
by  performance.  Good  feelings,  good  sentiments, 
charitable  intentions  are  only  condensed  in  sacrifice. 
Test  yourself  by  action.  Test  your  feelings-  and 
jour  fine  liberal  words  by  self-denial.  Do  not 
let  life  evaporate  in  slothful  sympathies.  You 
wish  you  were  rich,  and  fancy  that  tlien  j^ou  would 
make  the  poor  happy,  and  spend  your  life  in  bless- 
ing. Now,  now  is  the  time  ;  now  or  never.  Ha- 
bituate your  heart  to  acts  of  giving.  Habitu- 
ate your  spirit  to  the  thought  that  in  our  lives 
something  is  owed  to  God.  Neglect  this  now,  and 
you  will  not  practise  it  more  when  rich.  Charity  is 
a  habit  of  the  soul.     Therefore  now  is  the  time. 

"  But  time  admonishes  me  to  pass  on  to  a  conclu- 
sion. We  know  not  how  long,  my  beloved  people,  the 
relation  which  has  subsisted  between  us  for  so  many 
years  will  continue.  In  the  ordinary  course  of  hu- 
man events  it  must  be  short,  very  short.  When  a 
few  more  suns  shall  have  run  their  annual  round, 
when  a  few  more  advent  seasons  shall  have  come 
and  gone,  this  relation  will  be  closed  in  death,  and 
the  voice  that  is  now  speaking,  and  the  ear  that  is 


432  History  of  the 

now  hearing,  will  be  alike  silent  in  the  grave.  God 
grant  that  when  the  Master  cometh,  and  calleth  us 
to  our  long  and  last  account,  we  may  each  and  all 
be  found  faithful. 

"As  I  look  back  on  the  years  that  have  passed,. 
I  think  I  can  say  I  have  tried  to  be  faithful  in  the 
duties  of  my  ministry.  I  have  labored  and  prayed 
to  be  faithful.  And  yet  the  prayer  will  involun- 
tarily rise,  'Lord  enter  not  into  judgment  with  Thy 
servant!  Weigh  not  my  merits,  but  pardon  my  of- 
fences, for  Jesus  Christ's  sake.' 

"But  in  that  judgment  which  will  then  take  place,, 
the  long  years  we  have  spent  together  will  come  up 
for  review,  and  the  questions  of  my  faithfulness  and 
of  your  faithfulness  will  be  among  the  most  solenm 
and  important  that  will  then  be  asked.  When  the 
great  white  throne  shall  be  set,  on  which  shall  be 
seated  the  Judge  of  all,  the  grand  enquiry  will  be, 
what  have  you  done  with  all  the  time  of  life  in 
yonder  world?  You  spent  thirty  or  forty  years 
there,  perhaps  seventy  or  eighty.  I  gave  you  this 
time,  with  a  thousand  opportunities  and  means  of 
grace  and  salvation.  What  have  you  done  with 
all?  How  many  sermons  have  you  heard?  How 
many  Sabbaths,  how  many  seasons  did  I  give  you 
for  prayer  and  retirement,  and  converse  with  God 
and  your  own  soul  ?  Did  you  improve  your  time  ? 
Did  you  pray?  Did  you  converse  with  God  and 
your  own  soul  ?  or  did  you  suft'er  them  to  slide  away 
without  any  improvement,  and  neglect  the  one  thing 
needful?     If  we  look  back  on  the  year  now  near  its 


Monumental  Church.  433 

end,  how  small  a  space  do  striking  circumstances 
occupy  in  our  individual  lives!  The  daily  tasks 
make  the  year,  but  surely  these  are  not  unfruitful. 
God  was  in  them  visiting  and  trying  us;  silently, 
perhaps  unobservedly,  raising  up  small  trials,  and 
then  as  silently  removing  them;  offering  us  means 
of  grace,  and  then  laying  them  by  with  their  fruits 
for  eternity ;  suggesting  holy  resolutions  and  deeds 
of  self-den_ying  love — just  suggesting  them — softly 
uttering  them  in  the  wliispers  of  conscience,  and 
then  leaving  them  to  be  lieard  and  followed  by  gen- 
tle, loving,  watchful  hearts,  or  to  l)e  slighted  by  the 
cold,  or  drowned  by  the  world-engrossed  hearts. 

"  God's  purposes  will  be  fulfilled  in  His  own  good 
time;  and  our  efforts,  if  sincere  and  earnest,  will 
not  lose  their  reward,  though  we  see  not  as  yet  their 
fruit.  And  still  less  must  we  mourn  over  worldly 
failures,  the  severance  of  ties,  the  clianges  of  cir- 
cumstances, which  time  may  bring.  Our  work  must 
be  to  use  them  to  God's  glory  while  they  last,  not 
to  pine  after  them  when  they  are  gone.  If  we  thus 
strive  to  use  them  to  our  profit,  they  will  hav^e  done 
God's  work,  and  be  snre  we  shall  hear  of  them  again 
with  joy  in  the  last  great  day, — that  day  when  ail 
those  seeming  trifles  of  life,  those  daily  tasks  of 
which  the  world  takes  but  small  reckoning,  but 
which  are  in  truth  so  momentous — for  are  they  not 
fraught  with  an  eternity  of  joy  or  woe  ? — when  all 
these  trials  of  God  shall  appear  before  the  awful 
judgment  throne,  to  give  up  tlieir  fruit  for  heaven 
or  hell,  and  we  by  their  reckoning  shall  live  or  die 

28 


434  History  of  the 

for  ever.  So,  too,  with  tliis  departing  j'ear.  A  few 
more  days  and  it  will  have  passed  away,  and  its 
deeds,  great  and  small ;  its  incidents,  ordinary  or 
not,  will  liave  gone,  but  not  so  their  fruit.  The 
effects  upon  ourselves,  the  characters  which  they 
have  stamped  upon  us,  that  which  tliey  have  made 
us,  these  will  abide  for  ever,  and  in  these  they  will 
live  again.  The  year  is  going,  but  its  work  remains. 
It  has  done  its  work.  I  pause  not  to  consider  what 
that  W'Ork  has  been  in  tlie  world  around.  Rather 
let  us  turn  and  look  within.  Let  us  search  and  try 
our  own  hearts,  for  there,  too,  has  the  expiring  year 
done  its  work;  and  whose  work  is  it?  God's  or 
Satan's  ?  God  has  tried  us,  and  how  have  we  passed 
the  trial  ?  He  has  been  with  us,  each  one  of  us  in- 
dividually, trying  us  in  various  ways,  putting  means 
of  grace  within  our  reach,  and  watching  our  use  or 
our  neglect  of  them,  suffering  temptations  to  come 
upon  us,  and  then  fixing  His  all-seeing  eye  upon  us  to 
mark  our  behavior  under  them.  In  unnumbered  ways 
has  He  uttered  words  of  warning  and  encourage- 
ment ;  would  that  we  had  heeded  them  more.  And 
now  all  this  is  at  an  end.  The  year  is  near  its 
close,  and  what  account  have  we  to  give  ? 

The  thirty-first  year  of  his  ministry  in  the  Monu- 
mental Church,  ending  in  1876,  Dr.  Woodbridge 
records  :  "  On  12th  December,  1875,  held  service  in 
I'iSunday-school  room;  church  repairs  finished,  but 
paint  not  dry  enough  to  use  the  church."  Again, 
•on  the  19th,.  he  says  :  "  Church  to-day  used." 

On  the  2nd  January,  1876,  he  says :  "  The  Rev. 


Monumental  Church.  435 

Mr.  Bartlett,  of  Philadelphia,  read  the  service.''' 
February  6th :  "  The  Rev.  Mr.  Alrich  preached  for 
me  in  the  morning ;  I  read  the  service ;  I  was  quite 
unwell," 

February  13th :  "  In  the  morning  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Tidball  jDreached  ;  also  in  the  afternoon  ;  I  was  con- 
fined to  the  house  sick."  February  27th  :  "  Ex- 
changed with  tlie  Rev  Mr.  E.  Wall,  and  preached 
in  St.  James' Church."  April  23,  afternoon  :  "The 
anniversary  of  Monumental  Church  Sunday-school. 
I  made  an  address,  followed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Weddell 
and  Rev.  Mr.  F.  M.  Baker;  the  occasion  and  ser- 
vices interesting." 

"April  30  :  Morning,  sermon  to  those  confirmed  ; 
afternoon,  baptisms.  May  7:  Morning,  I  preached, 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Baker  read  the  service  and  assisted  in 
the  communion.  In  the  afternoon  I  baptized  four 
children.  May  14 :  In  the  morning  I  preached, 
Mr.  Fisher  read  the  service.  In  the  afternoon  the 
anniversary  of  all  the  Episcopal  Sunday-schools  was 
held  in  St.  Paul's  Chnrch.  May  21  :  Morning,  Rev. 
Dr.  Wade  preached,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Tizzard."  He  says,  "  I  left  the  city  on  the  16th 
to  attend  the  council  at  Alexandria.  I  left  Alexan- 
dria on  the  20th,  to  go  to  Chester,  Penn.,  to  perform 
the  marriage  service  for  Edwards  (his  son)  to  Miss 
Deshong,  in  which  I  was  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Brown.  I  returned  Saturday,  the  27th,  after  visit- 
ing the  '  Centennial.'"  Under  28th  June  he  says, 
"  Tuesday,  the  20th,  I  went  to  William  and  Mary,  to 


I 


436  History  of  the 

attend  the  college  commencement  of  the  Board  of  Visi- 
tors. Saturday  I  went  to  Norfolk,  having  exchanged 
with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barten.  June  25th,  I  preached 
in  Christ  Church,  iSTorfolk.  In  the  evening  read 
the  service  at  6." 

"  July  2 :  Preached  in  morning,  and  IJev.  Mr. 
Baker  assisted  me  in'tlie  holy  communion,  and  read 
tlie  service.  July  9  :  Morning  very  warm,  mercury 
at  92  in  the  church  ;  made  an  address  from  the 
chancel.  In  the  afternoon,  at  4,  performed  the 
funeral  service  of  a  colored  child,  and  had  our  usual 
church  service  at  6.  July  30 :  Rev.  Mr.  Baker  as- 
sisted me  in  the  communion.  Mr.  Gardner  (our 
former  senior  warden)  very  ill. 

"August  6 :  Right  Rev.  Thos.  U.  Dudley  preached 
this  morning."  He  says,  "  I  left  the  city,  with  my 
daughter  Mary,  by  the  steamer  Old  Dominion,  for 
Kew  York.  I  left  New  York  Friday  morning, 
August  4th,  and  reached  Saratoga  about  2  o'clock. 
I  left  home  the  1st  of  August,  and  returned  Friday, 
the  15tli  of  September.  I  left  Saratoga  the  15tli  of 
August,  and  reached  Quogue,  on  Long  Island,  same 
evening.  I  left  Quogue  August  29th,  and  reached 
Woodside,  in  New  Jersey,  the  same  evening.  Fri- 
day, 1st  of  September,  I  reached  Germantown.  I 
left  Germantown  the  5th  of  September,  and  reached 
Chester  the  same  day,  at  11  A.  M.  I  left  Chester 
Friday,  the  15th,  and  reached  home  the  same  day. 
I  preached  at  Quogue,  at  Germantown,  at  Chester. 

"  October  1st,  Rev.  Mr.  Williams  preached  in  the 
forenoon,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Randolph  read  the  service 


Monumental  Chukch.  437 

and  assisted  me  in  the  communion.  In  the  after- 
noon Mr.  Randolph  preached.     Choir  complete. 

"October  29:  In  the  afternoon  tlie  anniversary  of 
the  Henrico  Sunday-schools  took  place,  at  which  the 
Rev.  Robert  Gibson  and  myself  made  addresses,  and 
a  collection  for  diocesan  missions  was  taken  up.  At 
night  the  union  service  for  the  '  Episcopal  Church 
Home'  took  place,  at  which  I  made  an  address,  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Jackson  preached.  A  collection  was 
taken  up  for  the  church  home. 

"  November  19th  :  In  the  afternoon  the  church 
was  closed,  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Bible  Society 
at  St.  Paul's." 

"  1877,  November  29,  Thanksgiving  day.  "  The 
sermons  as  recorded  in  Dr.  Woodbridge's  journal, 
preached  in  the  Monumental  Church  for  the  year 
ending  as  above,  add  up  sixty-one,  and  sixteen  by 
other  clergymen  for  him. 

Under  date  of  lOtli  December,  Dr.  Woodbridge 
says:  "I  went  to  'St.  John's'  at  night,  and  delivered 
an  address  at  a  Bible  meeting  in  behalf  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Bible  Society,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hoge  delivered 
an  address  also." 

On  the  17th,  he  says:  "I  went  to  Hanover,  to  ad- 
minister the  holy  communion  at  'Fork  Church,'  and 
preached.  Stayed  at  Mr.  Doswell's;  daughter  Julia 
went  with  me.  I  returned  home  Monday;  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Roller  took  my  place  at  the  Monumental." 

"January  14:  I  read  a  communication  from  the 
vestry  touching  the  disturbances  to  the  congrega- 
tion." 


438  History  of  the 

"March  25:  Baptized' four  adults  in  afternoon: 
Mrs.  Crawford,  Mrs.  Crutclifield,  Miss  Nott,  and 
Kobert  Saunders." 

"April  15  :  In  the  afternoon  held  the  service  of 
anniversary  of  our  Sunday-school.  I  made  an  ad- 
dress, also  the  Rev.  Melville  Jackson,  of  Grace 
Church." 

"May  9,  Ascension  day:  Rev.  Mr.  P.  H.  Robert, 
(formerly  Sunday-school  scholar  of  Monumental,)  of 
St.  Louis,  preached  for  me  in  the  forenoon.  The 
13th,  Rev.  Dr.  Wheat  preached  in  the  morning. 
20th,  Whit-Sunday,  Rev.  P.  Robert  preached  and 
assisted  me  in  the  holy  communion." 

"July  15:  Rev.  Mr.  Armstrong  preached  morn- 
ing and  afternoon.  I  went  Monda}^  the  9th,  to 
Buffalo  Lithia  Springs,  where  I  remained  until  the 
20th,  when  I  returned  home ;  I  preached  there," 

"I  left  home  August  6th,  Monday,  with  my 
daughter  Julia.  We  went  first  to  Quogue,  Long  Is- 
land, to  enjoy  sea-bathing.  We  left  tliere  the  evening 
of  Thursday,  the  23rd,  for  Sag  Harbor.  Friday,  we 
left  for  Hartford,  arriving  there  at  night.  I  left 
Hartford  Wednesday,  the  12th  September,  and  went 
to  Germantown,  where  I  stayed  till  the  18th,  when  I 
went  to  Chester,  where  I  remained  till  Thursday,  the 
22nd,  when  I  returned  to  Richmond,  having  been 
absent  seven  weeks  and  three  days.  I  preached  at 
Hartford,  at  the  church  of  'the  Good  Shepherd;'  at 
Christ  Church,  at  Germantown." 

"  During  the  last  three  Sundays  in  August  the 
church  was  closed  ;  but  it  was  opened  in  the  morning 


Monumental  Church.  439 

the  first  three  Sundays  in  September,  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  J.  W.  Shields. 

"  October  14 :  Rev.  Mr.  "Williams,  of  Georgia, 
baptized  tlie  child  of  Mr.  Isaacs  after  the  second  les- 
son in  moining  service.  I  therefore  omitted  the 
ante-comraunion  service. 

"November  4  :  Tlie  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  of  Geor- 
gia, assisted  me  in  the  holy  communion,  and  in  the 
afternoon  baptized  two  children,  Clement  Thaw 
Morton  and  Hubert  P.  Lefevre. 

"  November  11 :  Morning,  I  read  tlie  pastoral  let- 
ter of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

"  November  29  :  Thanksgiving  day  ;  preached  in 
forenoon."  This  completed  liis  thirty-second  year's 
ministry  in  the  Monumental  Church. 

Entering  ujion  his  thirty-third  year  as  pastor  of 
Monumental  Church  wnth  Advent  Sunday,  Decem- 
ber, 1877,  Dr.  Woodbridge  records :  "  In  afternoon 
baptized  infant,  Elizal)eth  Higginbotham,  daughter 
of  Bell  and  Edward  H.  Fisher,  and  catechised  also- 
the  cliildren  in  the  Sunday-school." 

He  also  administered  in  the  forenoon  the  com- 
munion of  the  Lord's  supper.  On  the  16th  he  re- 
cords, "  Elizabeth  (his  daughter)  and  Mr.  Goodnoe 
arrived  Saturday  morning,  and  were  at  church." 

On  the  23rd  he  says:  "Rev.  Mr.  Scott  lectured 
on  the  present  condition  and  life  in  the  church  of 
England."  On  Christmas  morning  he  preached,  and 
was  assisted  in  the  holj^  communion  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Randolpli,  Rev.  Mr.  Wharton,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Kep- 
ler. 


440  History  of  the 

On  the  6tli  of  January  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Baker 
read  tlie  service,  and  assisted  him  in  the  holy  com- 
munion. In  afternoon,  he  says,  "I  stayed  at  liome, 
my  eyes  being  very  sore.  Mr.  Fisher  read  the  ser- 
vice." 

"January  18th,  I  preached  morning  and  after- 
noon, and  Mr.  John  Tyler  read  the  service." 

"January  20tli,  In  afternoon  Rev.  Mr.  Roller,  of 
Hanover,  preached,  and  the  collection  taken  up  was 
for  his  church  at  Hanover  Junction." 

On  the  third  of  February  lie  preached  in  the 
forenoon,  and  was  assisted  by  Rev.  Mr.  F.  M.  Ba- 
ker, who  read  the  service,  and  also  assisted  in  the 
iioly  communion.  In  afternoon,  he  also  says, 
"Baptized  Philip  Rham  Carlton,  and  catechised  the 
children,  and  Mr.  Peterkin  and  myself  made  ad- 
dresses." 

"February  10:  Morning  exchanged  with  Rev. 
Mr.  Pike  Powers,  and  in  the  afternoon  I  preached 
on  the  death  and  burial  of  Moses,  Duet,  xxxiv.  1-5 
jind  6  verses." 

This  was  the  last  sermon  he  preached  in  the 
cliurch.  His  usual  Wednesday  afternoon  lecture 
and  service  was  held  in  the  Sunday-school  room, 
(13th,)  and  after  it  was  over,  he  went  to  the  "  Re- 
treat for  the  Sick,"  very  near  the  church,  and  paid 
a  pastoral  visit  to  a  very  ill  lady.  From  there  he 
paid  another  visit  to  a  neighbor  and  vestryman  of 
his  church,  and  returned  home  at  bed  time. 

The  next  morning,  (Thursday,  February  14,) 
after  his  usual  family  prayers  and  breakfast,  he  told 


Monumental  Chuech.  441 

Mrs.  Woodbridge,  as  the  weather  was  raw  and 
damp,  and  not  feeling  well,  he  would  not  go  out; 
but  retired  to  his  chamber,  and  while  sitting  in  his 
rocking-chair  reading  a  newspaper,  his  head  fell  back, 
and  his  speech  left  him,  so  soon  that  when  he  was 
placed  upon  his  lounge,  life  was  extinct. 

Thus  quietly  did  the  Rev.  George  Woodbridge, 
D.  D.,  the  faithful  rector  of  the  Monumenial 
Church,  in  the  seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age,  pass 
from  earth  to  heaven,  having  fullilled  his  duty  as  a 
husband,  father,  pastor,  and  friend,  as  faithfully  as 
human  effort  could  avail;  and  his  memory  will  long 
be  cherished  by  those  who  knew  him  best  and  loved 
him  most. 

On  the  afternoon  of  his  death  the  vestry  held  a 
meeting,  and  appointed  a  committee  to  draw  up  ap- 
propriate resolutions,  and  to  convene  again  on  Fri- 
day, the  15th,  for  the  purpose  of  arranging  the 
funeral  services  at  the  church  and  the  burial  at 
Hollywood  cemetery,  on  Saturday  afternoon,  the 
16th. 

Accordingly,  a  crowded  and  weeping  congrega- 
tion attended  and  followed  his  remains  to  their  last 
resting  place;  the  burial  service  being  read  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Peterkin,  of  St.  James  Church.  The  proceed- 
ings of  the  vestry  on  tliis  mournful  occasion  will  be 
found  faithfully  recorded  on  pages  383-'5  of  this  Ins- 
tor  v. 


442  History  of  the 

The  following  tribute  was  written  during  the  len- 
ten  days  of  1878,  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Chalmers,  now  of 
Washington  city,  and  one  among  Dr.  Woodbridge's 
oldest  and  warmest  friends.  By  the  request  of  the 
compiler  of  this  book  she  has  kindly  consented  to 
allow  its  publication  with  the  record  connected  with 
his  ministry  in  the  history  of  the  Monumental 
Church : 

"The  late  Rev.  Dr.  George  Woodbridge, 
"//J  Jesu  Ohdormivit. 
"Some  weeks  have  gone  by  since  this  venerable 
man  of  God  was  gently  removed  from  his  work  on 
earth  to  the  excellent  rest  of  paradise.  In  a  mo- 
ment, in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  the  silver  cord 
was  loosed  from  the  uncertain  tenure  of  things  tem- 
poral, and  rivetted  to  the  immutable  throne  of  God. 
The  summons  was  sudden  and  startling  to  all  but 
himself ;  as  far  as  our  poor  human  vision  goes,  he 
was  'ready  to  be  offered,'  and  the  time  of  his  depar- 
ture the  best  for  him.  He  had  no  need  to  put  his 
mind  in  a  fresh  attitude,  for  it  had  been  for  years 
his  effort  to  maintain  the  'mind  tliat  was  in  Christ 
Jesus,'  and  to  'sit  loose  to  the  things  of  time;'  and 
there  seems  a  peculiar  litness  and  beauty  in  the 
manner  of  his  removal.  His  three-score  and  thir- 
teen years  serenely  ended;  his  'eye  not  dim,  nor 
his  natural  force  abated;'  his  step  yet  light  and  free; 
his  smile  perhaps  more  sweet  and  tender  witli  ad- 
vancing age ;  his  voice  only  tremulous  with  kind 
emotion  ;  his  heart  alive,  and  his  hands  busy  in  his 


Monumental  Church.  445 

Master's  service,  he  gently  'fell  on  sleep,'  without 
one  murmur,  groan,  or  struggle. 

"He  had  closed  the  duties  of  the  day  before  by  a 
visit  and  prayer  with  the  sick  in  a  hospital,  and 
then  returned  to  his  quiet  home.  The  family  prayer 
was  said,  and  then,  as  it  proved,  the  last  '  good  night.^ 
He  laid  himself  down  in  peace  and  slept,  for  the 
Lord  sustained  him  ;  he  awoke  to  bless  His  holy 
name,  and  again  to  meet  his  household  at  the  domes- 
tic altar ;  again  to  sit  at  table  once  more  with  his 
loved  ones,  and  then,  quietly  resting  in  his  chair  be- 
side those  nearest  and  dearest,  he  was  called  to  join 
the  celestial  banquet,  and  to  taste  the  food  that 
nourisheth  to  everlasting  life.  He  died  on  Thurs- 
day morning.  His  sermon  on  the  preceding  Sunday 
was  upon  the  '  burial  of  Moses,'  in  which  he  quoted 
the  beautiful  lines,  '  On  Nebo's  lofty  mountain.^ 
The  few  intervening  days  were  spent  in  active  par- 
ochial duty,'  and  the  last  night  at  a  sufferer's  sick 
bed.  On  his  study  table  lay  tlie  unfinished  manu- 
script sermon  for  tlie  next  Lord's  day,  the  ink  hardly 
dry,  when  he  was  called  to  a  higher  ministry  and 
eternal  reward. 

"  We  come  not  now  to  i-efer  to  Dr.  Woodbridge  as 
a  sound  theological  scliolar  and  successful  preacher, 
nor  to  allude  to  his  true  anglican  churchmanship,  to 
his  studious  habits,  his  steady  industry,  and  faithful 
devotion  as  an  honored  member  of  all  the  leading 
societies  of  our  church  ;  these  have  been  and  will  be 
depicted  by  able  pens,  and  recorded  in  the  history 
of  his  clerical  life;  but  we  ask  the  privilege  to  note 


444r  History  of  the 

-a  few  of  the  characteristics  that  rrjade  him,  in  our 
estimation,  a  pastor  to  be  imitated  by  all  who  enter 
the  holy  service.  We  were  honored  by  his  friend- 
ship for  nearly  forty  years,  and  can  say  of  him,  as  a 
friend  once  said  of  Archbishop  Leighton,  '  In  all 
that  period  we  never  heard  him  utter  an  impatient 
word,  or  saw  in  him  any  temper  of  mind  unbecoming 
one  whose  office  it  was  to  lead  the  sacramental  hosts 
of  God's  elect.'  We  have  seen  him  in  almost  all  the 
varied  circumstances  of  pastoral  life ;  amid  scenes 
of  sorrow  and  severe  affliction,  in  anxiety  and  per- 
plexity and  distress,  in  prosperity  and  adversity, 
'beside  the  bed  where  parting  life  was  laid,'  and  at 
the  marriage  festival,  and  we  have  seen  him  always 
the  same — uniformly  gentle  in  word,  in  conversation, 
always  readj^  to  rejoice  with  those  who  rejoice,  and 
with  an  ever-present  sympathy  for  those  called  to 
weep,  never  for  a  moment  forgetting  his  high  office 
as  a  son  of  consolation,  but  exercising  it  with  the 
most  tender  consideration  and  thoughtful  care. 

"A  striking  characteristic  of  this  good  man  was 
timt prurience  wliich  has  well  been  called  'wisdom's 
root.'  He  never  'spake  unadvisedly  with  his  lips,' 
and  his  watchfulness  and  self-restraint  were  very 
remarkable.  Among  his  people  the  confidence  in 
and  respect  for  him  were  so  absolute  that  his  coun- 
sel and  advice  were  constantly  asked  on  various  sub- 
jects. Here  his  prudent  habit  was  most  conspicuous, 
and  marked  each  cautious  word  and  carefully  formed 
opinion,  and  led  him  to  judge  fairly  and  with  even 
justice. 


Monumental  Church.  4i5 

"With  this  prudence  was  united  a 'cA«nY?/ that 
never  faileth.'  It  led  him  always  to  put  the  kindest 
construction  possible  on  tlie  conduct  and  views  of 
others;  but  he  never  failed,  when  necessary,  to  're- 
prove '  as  well  as  '  exhort,'  and  this  duty  was  ex- 
ercised with  a  mingled,  stern  sense  of  right,  and  a 
tender  sympathy  which  made  it  most  effectual.  And 
who  can  forget  the  courtesy  that  was  unfading.  It 
was  in  strict  obedience  to  the  injunction  of  St.  Peter, 
'Be  courteous,'  and  was  carried  out  in  every  act  of 
his  life,  to  the  gentle  and  simple,  the  learned  and 
influential,  the  poor  servant  or  the  penniless  orphan. 
It  was  shown  in  his  prompt  hospitality  in  entertain- 
ing strangers,  whom  he  sought  out  and  made  wel- 
come, and  in  his  own  gracious  and  grateful  ap- 
preciation of  any  favor  extended  to  himself. 

"Another  elevated  trait  of  a  character  so  sym- 
metrical was  the  patient  and  silent  endurance  of  any 
wrong  towards  himself,  or  of  such  misconstruction 
as  must  sometimes  arise  in  a  sinful  world.  He  never 
resented,  seldom  explained,  but  quietly  waited  for 
time  and  truth  to  vindicate  his  course. 

"To  these  higher  qualities  were  added  a  marked 
exactness  in  the  fulfilment  of  the  smallest  duty — a 
'punctuality  that  was  refreshing  in  the  midst  of  this 
world  of  careless  sense  of  obligation,  and  a  fidelity 
'in  that  which  was  least'  which  continued  to  the 
last  evening  of  his  life.  With  truth,  entire  truth,, 
can  we  quote  the  poet's  words — 


446  History  of  the 

'  And  at  his  duty  prompt  at  every  call, 
He  watched,  he  wept,  he  prayed,  he  felt  for  all.' 

"  Such  were  some  of  the  characteristics  that  caused 
Dr.  Woodbridge  to  be  so  widely  useful  and  deeply 
loved.     It  was  in  the  office  of  pastor, 

'  The  like  of  whom, 
If  niultiplied,  and  in  their  stations  set. 
Would  o'er  the  bosom  of  a  joyful  laud 
Spread  true  religion  ; 

and  the  light  of  whose  teachings,  and  the  beauty  of 
whose  example,  will  long  remain  to  guide  those  by 
whom  he  was  so  deeply  loved  and  so  truly  mourned. 
"  Soldier  of  Christ,  wbll  done !  '  The  weapons  of 
your  warfare  were  not  carnal,'  and  you  never 
grounded  your  arms  until  you  heard  the  great  Cap- 
tain's voice,  '  Come  up  higher.'  A.  M.  C." 


VALEDICTORY. 


With  the  exception  of  an  appendix,  containing  in- 
fant and  adult  baptisms,  confirmations,  marriages 
and  deaths,  during  the  period  of  Dr.  Woodbridge's 
charge  of  the  Monumental  Church,  with  a  list  of 
communicants  from  his  parochial  record  to  lith 
February,  1878,  mj  compiled  history  and  reminis- 
cences of  that  cliurch  are  now  brought  to  a  close, 
and  witli  it,  some  thoughts  and  grateful  feelings 
which  I  desire  to  express  for  the  ready  and  kind  re- 
sponse of  friends  who  have  subscribed  to  my  book, 
and  to  that  extent  enabled  me  to  undertake  its  pub- 
lication. 

From  first  to  last,  it  has  occupied  about  sixteen 
months,  to  obtain  subscribers  and  finish  my  record ; 
and  while  it  has  of  necessity  been  confining  and  a 
little  laborious,  yet  it  has  been  a  "labor  of  love,"  as 
well  as  of  deep  interest  and  solicitude  for  its  success. 

And  here  I  think  it  necessary  to  make  some  apol- 
ogy for  its  size  being  beyond  that  which  I  had  ex- 


448  History  of  the 

pected  and  promised  it  should  be  when  soliciting 
its  patronage  for  publication,  especially  as  to  the 
matter  connected  more  directly  with  the  chnrch  at 
large  in  our  diocese,  aud  not  directly  so  with  the 
Monumental. 

Eighteen  years  ago  many  baptized  members  of 
our  church  (as  well  as  other  churches)  were  then  too 
young  fully  to  comprehend  the  political  as  well  as 
ecclesiastical  position  of  our  State  and  church,  es- 
pecially so  from  1861  to  1865,  (the  period  of  four 
years'  civil  war.) 

While  the  liistory  of  that  time,  in  which  our  church 
was  so  deeply  interested,  has  been  faithfully  placed 
among  the  annual  records  of  our  church  councils^ 
many  who  were  then  too  young  have  now  advanced 
to  manhood,  and  who  have  never  read,  or  perhaps 
heard,  what  our  bishops  and  other  clergy  and  lay- 
men had  to  say  at  that  deeply  grave  and  interesting 
period.  Now  to  place  before  such,  in  connection 
with  the  more  direct  liistory  of  the  Monumental 
Church,  for  tlieir  study  as  well  as  historical  informa- 
tion, is  my  chief  apology  for  the  enlargement  of  my 
book.  All  that  matter  should  be  read  by  old  as  well 
as  young,  and  I  trust  it  will  be,  and  to  a  profitable 
result. 

My  book  is  a  serious  one.  It  is  ushered  in  with 
serious — very  serious — matter,  and  it  closes  with  an 


Monumental  Church.  449 

equal  serioiis  subject:  the  departure  of  one  under 
whose  gospel  preaching  and  ministry  I,  and  many 
others  who  still'  survive  him,  have  sat  for  forty-throe 
years.  Eternity  alone  will  reveal  to  us  now  alive 
how  far  Ms  counsel,  and  that  of  others  who  preceded 
him  as  the  messengers  of  Jesus  Christ,  combined 
with  the  worship  we  have  been  privileged  to  enjoy 
under  that  sacred  roof,  have  made  us  "  wise  unto 
salvation." 

G.  D.  F. 
EiCHMOND,  Ajpril  30,  1880. 


29 


APPENDIX. 


INFANT  BAPTISMS 

Pekfokmed  by  Rev.  De.  Woodbeidge,  in  Monumental  Ghtjech, 
Commencing  with  Decembee,  1845. 

December  22,  Saml.  Hartwell,  second  son  of  Peyton  Johnston. 

1846. — Easter  Monday,  Amanda  W. ,  daughter  of  John  M. 
Gregory.  June  21,  Francis  H.,  son  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane.  July  5, 
Margaret  H.,  daughter  of  Geo.  N.  Johnson.  August  9,  Francis 
H.  Deane  and  Martha  EUzabeth,  children  of  Philip  Rahm.  Sep- 
tember 21,  William,  child  of  J.  H.  Tyler,  (died  same  day.)  Octo- 
ber 25,  Rebecca,  infant  of  Edward  McConnell,  born  February  16, 
1843.  Hannah  Martin,  child  of  John  McConnell,  born  5th  June, 
1846.  Wm.  Henry,  child  of  Mr.  Enrich,  born  21st  May,  1846. 
November  22,  Edward  Higginbotham,  child  of  Geo.  D.  Fisher, 
born  31st  August,  1846.  Bathurst  Lee,  child  of  Jno.  Adams 
Smith,  born  26th  July,  1846.  November  29,  Mary  Virginia,  child 
of  J.  H.  Anthony,  born  28th  August,  1846.  Emmett  C,  child 
of  James  H.  Pecor,  born  27th  March,  1846.  December  25, 
Susan,  child  of  Mr.  Fox,  born  29th  September,  1843,  and  Willie 
Ann  Johnston,  of  same,  born  4th  December,  1845.  December  30, 
Geo.  Ludwell  Brown,  son  of  Ed.  Brown,  born  July  22,  1846. 
Ophelia,  child  of  David  Bulhngton,  9tli  January,  1845. 

1847. — ^March  3,  Mary  Cunliffe,  child  of  John  Hatcher,  born 
November  29,  1840.  Chas.  Peter,  born  September  29,  1841. 
Gardner  Gage,  March  4,  1843.  Ella  Ann  and  James  Thomas, 
children  of  Mr.  Chas.  G.  Thompson.  April  2,  Fanny  M.,  child 
of  Peyton  Johnston,  born  1846.  Ann  Meade,  child  of  Dr.  F.  H. 
Deane,  bom  October  14,  1847.  May  9,  Alfred  Fitzhugh,  child  of 
Edward  Taliaferro,  box*n  August  31,  1846.  Geo.  Augustus  and 
Charlotte  Sophia,  (twins,)  born  9th  November,  1835.     Adolphus 


452  History  of  the 

William,  September  17,  1837.  Harrison,  April  16,  1841 ;  John 
M.  and  Pauline  Helena,  twins,  September  24,  1843,  and  Charles 
Theodore,  September  24,  1846,  all  seven  children  of  Mr.  A.  W. 
Nolting.  June  6,  William  Munday,  child  of  J.  H.  Poindexter, 
born  1846.  John  Sidell,  child  of  John  L.  Bacon,  born  1847. 
July  10,  Lucy  Walker,  child  of  Harmer  Gilmer,  born  24th  July, 
1845.  July  25,  Julia  Cobbs,  child  of  Rev.  Geo.  Woodbridge, 
born  May  6,  1847.  July  27,  Margaret  C,  child  of  Juo.  M. 
Gregory,  born  1847.  Augiist  15,  Milicent  Jane,  child  of  Jas.  A. 
Suell,  born  3lst  March,  1847.  December  10,  Clara  Winter,  child 
of  Mr.  Gerberding,  born  September,  1847. 

1848. — January  27,  Wm.  Henry,  child  of  Henry  Fisher.  April 
23,  Mary,  child  of  John  H.  Tyler.  May  8,  Lucy  Ann,  child  of 
Archibald  Govan,  deceased,  (private  baptism,  child  ill.)  May  14, 
Jiilia  W.,  child  of  Moses  Branch.  May  21,  Chapman,  child  of 
Geo.  N.  Johnson,  born  April  12,  1848.  Hugh,  child  of  H.  C. 
McNemara,  born  March  21,  1848.  July  2,  Frederick  William, 
child  of  Mr.  Enrich.  October  15,  Caroline  Virginia,  child  of 
Philiii  llahm.  August  13,  Agnes  Nicolson,  child  of  William  B, 
Caldwell,  at  White  Sulphur  Springs.  November  25,  Catherine, 
child  of  Mr.  Flynu.  December  10,  James  William,  child  of 
Edwin  Taliaferro. 

1849.— January  22,  Wm,  Young,  born  March  28,  1836  ;  John 
Brooke,  October  14,  1839  ;  Rebecca,  January  9,  1842  ;  George, 
April  18,  1849,  and  Augusta,  September  30,  1847,  five  children  of 
Mrs.  Bosina  Mordecai.  April  13,  Christopher,  child  of  Col. 
Christopher  Tompkins,  Sr.,  (ill).  April  22,  James  Wallace,  child 
of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deaue.  May  25,  Jane  Forrest,  child  of  Dr.  Carter 
P.  Johnson,  born  12th  June,  1848.  May  27,  Alice  C,  born 
September  20,  1847,  and  Helen  W.,  November  11,  1848,  children 
of  W.  S.  Thaw.  June  24,  William  Frederick,  child  of  C.  O. 
Gerberding.  June  15,  William  Dudley,  child  of  William  H. 
Powers,  born  March  21,  1849.  Eliza  A.,  child  of  Richard  Fox, 
born  December  16,  1847.  June  22,  Poitiaux  R.,  child  of  William 
R.  Robinson,  (at  home,  ill,  belongs  to  Dr.  Empie's,  St.  James 
Church. )  September  30,  George  Washington,  child  of  Mr. 
Stone,  born  November  8,  1843  ;  Catherine  Virginia,  of  same, 
November  21,  1846,  and  Charles  Banker,  of  same,  November  30, 
1848.  November  10,  Kate  W.,  child  of  David  J.  Burr,  (at  home, 
ill.)     December  30,  Wilham  and  Mary,  children  of  Major  Gwynn. 


Monumental  Church.  453 

Conway  M.,  child  of  Peyton  Johnston,  born  AjDril  2,  18-i8. 
Edward  L.,  child  of  E.  D.  Hitchcock,  born  January  5,  1845. 
December  31,  Ann  Elizabeth,  born  July  o,  1838 ;  Mary  Susan, 
September  4,  1841 ;  Hooper  Graff,  October  2,  1846,  and  Geoi'ge, 
August  23,  1848,  four  children  of  George  W.  Toler,  (bai^tized  at 
home.) 

1850.— January  18,  Beverley  Tucker,  child  of  Dr.  Charles  Bell 
Gibson.  February  — ,  Sarah  Ann  Angell.  February  14,  Shields  S., 
born  November  16,  1842  ;  Sally  H.,  November  24,  1843  ;  William 
Hale,  January  8,  1846  ;  Walter  L.,  July  7,  1848,  children  of  Mr. 
G.  Lucke,  and  Alphonso,  December,  1843,  and  Mary  Turjsin, 
December  11, 1848,  all  six  grandchildren  of  Mr.  Shields  Saunders. 
March  11,  Joseph  Evans,  child  of  John  H.  Tyler.  May  12, 
Thomas,  grandchild  of  Mr.  Coleman,  (ill,  at  home.)  June  2,  Wm. 
Tazewell,  child  of  Mr.  Fox;  Alexander  Pope,  of  same;  Edward 
Carmichael,  of  same,  (ages  not  mentioned  on  parochial  record 
book,  and  so  too  when  not  in  this  history.)  Nannie  Burton,  child 
of  George  Weed,  born  November  20,  1849.  June  9,  Bohlen, 
child  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Nolting,  born  June  9,  1849.  June  16,  Jackson, 
child  of  Dr.  James  Bolton.  John  R. ,  child  of  James  A.  Snell. 
July  7,  John  E.,  child  of  J.  H.  Poindexter,  born  January  6,  1850. 
Chapman,  soufof  Dr.  Carter  P.  Johnson.  Lucy  W.,  Charles  Pur- 
cell,  Charlotte  Myers,  and  Mary  Frances,  four  children  of  Col. 
Thomas  B.  Bigger.  Jiily  12,  Ann,  born  12th  of  Auguest,  1845, 
and  Emily,  May  29,  1848,  children  of  Daniel  Weller,  (father  ill 
at  home  and  private  baptism.)  August  14,  Eliza  Koote,  child  of 
John  L.  Bacon,  born  27th  March,  1850.  Sarah  Alice,  born  12th 
Feburary,  1845,  and  John  James,  21st  June,  1847,  children  of 
John  E.  Womble.  August  15,  Martha  Hill,  child  of  John  M. 
Gregory,  born  December,  1849.  August  4,  Wirt,  child  of  Wm. 
E.  Robinson,  (at  home,  ill.)  September  29,  Emma  Jane,  child 
of  Philip  Eahm.  October  13,  Mary  Elizabeth,  child  of  Mr. 
Flynn,  born  21st  July,  1850.  November  3,  William  Hunter, 
born  16th  February,  1860.  November  17,  Edwin,  child  of  Edwin 
Taliaferro.     December  4,  An  infant  daughter  of  Harmer  Gilmer. 

1851.— January  5,  Mary  N.,  child  of  R.  C.  Hall,  born  16th  of 
September,  1850.  March  17,  Sally,  child  of  Charles  Purcell,  (ill, 
at  home,)  and  March  30,  Charles  W.,  died  soon  after  baptism. 
April  6,  Douglass,  son  of  Mr.  Moses  Branch.  James  Walter, 
child  of  Ira  O.  Parker,     Andrew,  child  of  Peyton  Johnston.     Sally 


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Warwick,  child  of  John  A.  ChevaUie.  April  27,  Helen  A.  H., 
child  of  J.  G.  Burnett,  born  16th  January,  1851.  Eliza  Menzies, 
child  of  George  N.  Johnson,  born  27th  of  October,  1850.     June 

I.  Mary  H.  Isabell,  child  of  W.  S.  Thaw,  born  23rd  June,  1850. 
July  6,  Joseph,  child  of  J.  H.  Anthony.  September  7,  Emma  Jane, 
child  of  Mr.  Enrich,  born  20th  June,  1851.  October  19,  Eliza 
Wallace,  child  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deaue.  October  22,  William  T.» 
child  of  Mr.  Obrien,  (at  home,  ill.)  October  25,  An  infant  of 
Captain  Talcott,  (at  home,  ill.)  December  7,  Mary  E.,  child  of 
Mr.  Shick,  born  7th  January,  1851.  December  27,  Virgina 
Churchill,  child  of  Wm.  Rufus  Page;  Mrs.  A.  M.  Mead  the 
sponser. 

1852. — An  infant  of  Rev.  Mr.  Stringfellow,  (baptized  in  Pe- 
tersburg.^ March  4,  James  H.,  born  30th  June,  1847;  Edwin 
Forrest  and  Alexina,  twins,  born  24th  May,  1849  ^  Catherine 
Whitfield  and  John,  twins, 'five  children  of  J.  H.  Pecor.     March 

II,  George  Bruce,  child  of  John  H.  Tyler.  April  25,  Henry  T., 
child  of  John  L.  Bacon.  May  2,  Maria  L.,  child  of  Dr.  J.  Bol- 
ton. May  9,  Philip,  child  of  Philip  Rahm.  May  23,  Wm. 
Henry,  child  of  Rev.  Mr.  Denniston,  (baptized  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Mays.)  Child  of  Edward  and  R.  Brown.  June  9,  An  infant 
grand-child  of  Mr.  Obrien.  July  7,  Ellen  S.,  child  of  David  J. 
Burr.  July  11,  An  infant  of  Mr.  Lefevre,  of  Williamsburg,  (ill.) 
July  25,  Sarah  Frances,  child  of  Mr.  Evans.  August  8,  Emmer- 
cile,  child  of  Mr.  Drew.  Arthur  N.,  child  of  George  N.  Johnson, 
born  28th  June.  August  15,  Samuel  Scott,  child  of  Mr.  Dues- 
berry,  (ill,  at  home.)  Wm.  Booker,  child  of  James  A.  Snell,  born 
24th  March,  1852.  An  infant  child  of  Wm.  H.  Powers.  Septem- 
ber 5,  Lucy  R.,  child  of  Richard  G.  Hall.  September  20,  Wm. 
C,  child  of  W.  S.  Thaw.  October  3,  Mary  Ann,  child  of  H.  C. 
McNemara,  born  19th  October,  1850.  November  12,  An  infant 
of  Mrs.  Tui'pin,  of  Chesterfield  county.  November  14,  Wm.  D. 
Gibson,  child  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane.  December  19,  Ann  W.,  child  of 
C.  B.  Luck,  born  15th  December,  1848. 

1853. — January  15,  Willham  J. ,  child  of Forsyth.     January 

30,  Ambler,  child  of  George  A.  Weed.  March  13,  Mary  E.  and 
Wm.  Henry,   children  of  Mr.  Brown,  of  Stafford  county.     April 

18,  Rosalie,  child  of Flynn.     May  9,  Wm.  Pendleton,  child  of 

W.  M.Isbell.  Martha  C,  born  March  2.3,  1847,  and  Wm.  James 
May  6,    1849,    children   of   Ann   0.    Pendleton.     May  29,  John 


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Woodbridge,  child  of  J.  H.  Pecor,  born  December,  1852  ;  Irene, 
child  of  Mr.  Taylor,  born  March,  1853.  May  16,  An  infant  child 
of  Charles  G.  Thompson.  May  17,  Wm.  Howard,  child  of  Mr. 
Charles  Purcell,  (at  home,  ill.)  July  3,  Frederick  Marx,  child  of 
John  A.  Chevallie,  born  August,  1852.  July  10,  Mary  C,  child 
of  Edmund  Crenshaw,  of  Philadelphia.  September  25,  Fanny 
E.,  child  of  John  Stith.  September  26,  Uavid  Julian,  child  of 
David  J.  Burr,  boi*n  13th  January,  1852.  November  20,  Frances 
Jane.  December  11,  Alice,  child  of  Wm.  H.  Powers.  Decem- 
ber 27,  Charles  B  and  Anne  Louisa,  children  of  Dr.  Charles  Bell 
Gibson. 

"185-1. — January  1,  Michael  L.,  child  of  Mr.  Obrien,  born  15th 
October,  1853.  January  11,  Alice  E.,  child  of  Washington  Gill,, 
born  3rd  September,  1852.  January  29,  Sally  M.,  child  of  John 
W.  Atkinson,  (baptized  by  her  grandfather.  Bishop  A.,  of  N.  0.) 
February  11,  Ellen  Harvie,  child  of  Bev.  Anderson  Wade,  born 
December,  1853.  February  12,  Ann  Conway,  child  of  Alfred 
TaHaferro,  born  10th  May,  1853.  March  11,  Mary  E.,  child  of 
J.  M.  Baker.  March  19,  Cornelia,  child  of  John  L.  Bacon.  A 
child  of  Ira  0.  Parker.  May  14,  Channing  M.,  child  of  R.  C. 
Hall.  May  28,  Lucinda  S.,  child  of  Washington  Gill,  born  Jan- 
uary, 1851.  .June  25,  Frank  Deane,  child  of  J.  Dunlop.  June 
29,  Emily  P.,  child  of  P.  H.  Aylett.  July  2,  Lucy  Parker,  child 
of  E.  M.  Burwell.  July  21,  Susan  Harvie,  child  of  Dr.  Spicer 
Patrick.  July  14,  Frances  B. ,  child  of  Mr.  Isaacs.  Britannia, 
born  August  20,  1843  ;  Arthur  Wellsley,  January  1,  1846  ;  Joseph, 
22nd  January,  1848  ;  and  Rachael,  22nd  October,  1851 ;  four 
children  of  J.  E.  Fergusson,  (a  highly  respected  colored  barber, 
under  Exchange  Hotel.)  July  16,  An  infant  child  of  B.  B.  Minor. 
Edward  and  Cora,  children  of  Dr.  Peticolas.  Nannie  H.,  child 
of  Edward  Brown.  August  11,  Mary,  child  of  Dr.  Samuel  Pat- 
teson,  of  Manchester,  aged  7  years;  James  Henry,  of  same,  5 
years  ;  and  Martha  Fay,  of  same,  aged  4  years.  September  18, 
Lucy  Ptandolph,  child  of  Peter  V.  Daniel,  Jr.,  (baptized  at  home.) 
September  28,  Harrison,  child  of  Dr.  James  Bolton,  born  10th 
April,  1854.  September  23,  Nannie  Irving,  child  of  James  A. 
Snell.  October  27,  Isabella  Adair,  child  of  Mr.  Pleasants,  born 
October,  1853.  Kate  Ellen,  child  of  Mr.  Moore,  born  April,  1854. 
November  19,  Richard  L.,  child  of  Wm.  S.  Thaw,  born  30th  De- 
cember, 1853.     December  13,  Two  children  of  John  J.  London.. 


456  History  of  the 

December  2'J,  Mildiueiry  Ellis,  child,  and  Mrs.  Ann  F.  Ellis,  the 
mother,  of  Buckingham  county,  Va.  Ann  M.,  child  of  Beverley 
Tucker. 

1855. — January  14,  an  infant  of  William  Percival.  February 
13,  Calister  E.,  child  of  Edmond  Pendleton,  born  8th  May,  1854. 
April  8,  Caroline  G.,  child  of  George  N.  Johnson,  born  May, 
1854.  April  22,  Helen  C,  child  of  C.  W.  Macmurdo,  Wirt  K., 
of  same,  and  Rebecca  Kean,  of  same.  May  4,  Lewis,  eighteen 
months,  and  Eachael,  four  and  a  half  years  old,  children  of  John 
E.  Womble.  Barton,  son  of  E.  B.  Haxall,  born  6th  March,  1855. 
Thomas,  son  of  John  W.  Atkinson,  born  17th  August,  1854. 
Miles  M.,  born  10th  June,  1852,  and  William  Fulton,  2nd  April, 
1854,  children  of  Peyton  Johnston.  John  Butler,  child  of  Philij) 
Eahm,  born  5th  January,  1854.  Kate,  child  of  Edward  Dudley, 
born  4th  August,  1854.  May  20,  Charles  H.,  child  of  David  J. 
Burr,  born  30th  October,  1854.  September  16,  Sallida  Florence, 
infant  of  J.  B.  Evans.  An  infant  daughter  of  Mrs.  Eoberts.  Mary 
Eliza,  infant  daughter  of  Edward  Warren.  Charles,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Beers,  aged  thirteen  years  ;  John  White,  of  same,  nine  ;  and 
Ida  Sizer,  of  same,  five  years  old.  Peter  E.,  child  of  Philip 
Eahm,  born  June,  1855.  Cunningham  W.,  child  of  Dr.  F.  H. 
Deane,  born  1855.  George  L. ,  son  of  John  L.  Bacon,  born  2nd 
July,  1855.  William  Ira,  child  of  John  O.  Parker,  born  Decem- 
ber, 1854.  Emma  Tomlin,  child  of  John  Stith.  September  21, 
Ellora  E.,  child  of  C.  E.  Chapin.  Jane  E.,  born  February  1854, 
and  Joseph  W.,  January,  1851,  children  of  Charles  Mclndoe. 
November  3,  Emma  Dora,  from  Norfolk,  (very  ill.;  November 
29,  Samuel,  child  of  Andrew  Forsyth,  born  20th  September,  1855. 

1856.— March  3,  Elizabeth,  infant  of  L.  W.  T.  Wickham, 
(baptized  at  Exchange  Hotel.)  March  5,  Ellen  Eyre,  child  of  Dr. 
Conway.  May  11,  Edward  H.,  child  of  Washington  Gill,  born 
2nd  October,  1855.  June  2,  Charles  F.,  born  11th  January, 
1834  ;  Axel  A.,  1st  August,  1847  ;  Theodore  O.,  April  19,  1850, 
three  children  of  Mr.  Eosien.  Charles  John,  infant  of  Eev.  Mr. 
Neisman,  born  24th  April,  1856.  Emma  Virginia,  about  eleven 
years  old,  brought  up  and  educated  by  Mrs.  Stith.  June  15, 
Eobert  M.,  child  of  Eobert  Hughes,  born  10th  September,  1855. 
June  20,  Eliza  Ann,  child  of  Charles  Armstrong,  born  February, 
1856.  June  30,  Martha  E.,  child  of  Dr.  Samuel  Patteson,  of 
Manchester,    born   13th    May,    1855.     July   11,    Edward  Allen, 


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child  of  C.  \V.  Purcell.  September  18,  "William  Ambler,  child  of 
Hanuah  Addiugton,  born  29th  July,  ISoG.  September  29,  Mary 
Eliza,  uieoe  of  Miss  Eliza  Heath.  October  8,  Joseph  Jefferson, 
child  of  a  theatrical  player,  (very  ill.)  October  20,  Betsy  Bigger^ 
child  of  Edward  Norvell,  born  July,  1856.  Ann  M.,  child  of 
Peyton  Johnston,  December  17.  Bolton,  child  of  Thomas  Harri- 
son. 

1857.— March  3,  Sally  B.,  child  of  S.  B.  French,  born  10th  of 
January,  1857.  March  G,  Mary  C,  aged  about  nine,  and  Florence 
M.,  about  seven  years,  children  of  Mrs.  Caroline  Temple. 
March  27,  Sally  and  Obrien,  born  November  1855.  A^iril  27 
John  F.,  child  of  A.  L.  Lindsay,  born  March,  1856.  May  26, 
Edward,  child  of  Edward  Warren,  born  February,  1857.  June 
21,  Susan  D.,  child  of  John  E.  Womble.  July  5,  William  E., 
child  of  C.  E.  Chapiu.  July  11,  Georgia  G. ,  adopted  daughter 
of  Mr.  Nye,  about  15  years  of  age.  Ida  V.,  child  of  Ira  O.  Parker, 
born  6th  February,  1857.  August  2,  Eliza  M. ,  born  20th  June, 
1854,  and  Lucy  A.,  4th  May,  1857,  two  children  of  John  B.  Big- 
ger. September  7,  Francis  Burkett,  child  of  John  L.  Bacon, 
born  14th  June,  1857.  Junius  R.,  child  of  Charles  Mclndoe, 
born  7th  June,  1856.  Benjamin  M.,  child  of  Dr.  James  M.  Bolton, 
born  7th  April,  1857.  September  21,  Eliza  B.,  child  of  John  W. 
Atkinson.  October  15,  Catherine  Bargamin,  child  of  Mr. 
Brown.  November  4,  Margaret  E.,  child  of  James  Snell,  born 
January,  1857.  December  6,  Nile,  born  6th  April  1857,  James, 
2nd  July,  1850,  and  Sylvanus,  2ud  Jvine,  1854,  three  children  of 
Mrs.  Harman.  December  12,  Sue  Gilmore,  child  of  Peter  and 
Laura  Mitchell,  of  Warrenton,  N.  C. 

1858. — January  3,  Martha  C.  Wilson,  born  12th  September, 
1857.  February  — ,  Charlotte  Virginia,  child  of  Charles  Arm- 
strong, born  12th  October,  1857.  March  5,  Charles  B.,  child  of 
C.  B.  Luck.  March  8,  Paul,  child  of  Dr.  Tebault,  of  Princess 
Ann  county.  March  14,  Morris  W.  M.  and  Samuel,  children  of 
Edward  Norvell.  March  18,  George  W.,  born  7th  January,  1856, 
and  John  M. ,  17th  August,  1857,  childien  of  Mrs.  John  Powell. 
April  18,  Lelia  and  Jonah,  children  of  Mrs.  Lelia  Beers.  Helen 
M. ,  child  of  Henry  Eustace,  born  9th  of  March,  1858.  George 
A.  and  Mary  Virginia,  children  of  Daniel  Y.  Boisseau.  Virginia 
Deane,  child  of  Eichard  C.  Hall.  May  9,  Mildred  Eebecca. 
child  of  John  Stith.     June  21,  Eliza  Russell,  child  of  Charles  H. 


458  History  of  the 

Mansou,  of  New  York.  Juue  S-t,  Eliza  B.  and  Mary  Otey,  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  Panill,  born  21st  June,  1858.  Juue  27,  Ann  Elizabeth, 
child  of  Wm.  B.  Isaacs,  19  months  old.  July  1,  Martha  Maria, 
and  October  3,  Eyre,  children  of  Dr.  Charles  Bell  Gibson.  An- 
nie F.  and  Marj',  children  of  Wm.  H.  Powers.  Warner  L.  and 
Arabella  Justiua,  children  of  Mr.  Waring.  Edward  Drew,  child 
of  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane. 

18r)9. — January  G,  Wm.  S.,  only  child  of  late  W.  S.  Burr. 
February  G,  Alexander  B.,  child  of  A.  B.  Guigou.  Ellen  Amelia 
Butler.  February  13,  George  William,  child  of  A.  L.  Lindsay. 
March  6,  Samuel,    child  of  Mrs.   Forsyth,   born  December,    15, 

1858.  March  28,  Bassett  Charles,  child  of  S.  B.  French,  born 
18th  August,  1858.  Nancy,  Robert,  Jupiter,  Robin,  Elizabeth, 
Fanny,  Mary,  Lucy,  Mailha,  Richard,  Solomon,  and  Rosetta,  12 
slave  colored  servants  of  S.  B.  French,  of  Chesterfield  county. 
May  15,  Allen  F.,  child  of  Pleasant  Howell,  6  months  old. 
John  Williams,  child  of  John  Stith,  about  7  months  old.  July 
10,  Mary  R. ,  child  of  C.  D.  Mclndoe.  Judith  H. ,  child  of  Car- 
rington  Watkius.  J  uly  22,  Ann  H. ,  child  of  Dr.  Samuel  Patteson, 
of  Manchester.  July  31,  Martha,  servant  of  Miss  Ellen  Morde- 
cai,  about  one  year  old.  August  5,  Adelia,  boi"n  29th  Juue,  1859  ; 
John  Charles,  3rd  December,  1858,  children  of  Mr.  Watson, 
(boot  maker.)  October  23,  Mary  F..  child  of  John  W.  Atkin- 
son. George  W.,  child  of  Mr.  Eldridge,  of  Amelia  county.  Mar- 
garet P.,  child  of  C.  B.  Luck.  November  (I,  Richard  W.,  child 
of  John  L.  Bacon. 

1860. — February  7,  Benjamin  K.,  born  10th  December,  1854. 
Mary  Catherine,  15th  October,   185G,  and  Ella  L. ,  4th  October, 

1859,  three  children  of  J.  H.  Pecor.  March  4,  Carrie  R.,  child 
of  J.  B.  Bigger.  William  L.,  child  of  George  W.  Williams, 
March  10,  Virginia  P.,  child  of  John  E.  Womble.  March  11,. 
John  P.,  child  of  Mr.  Goodwin.  May  25,  Olivia  M.,  born  8th 
January,  1858,  and  James  Heath,  20th  January,  I8(i0,  children 
of  Peyton  Johnston.  Elvira  R. ,  child  of  Edward  Norvell,  born 
7th  September,  1859.  Isabella  E. ,  child  of  C.  R.  Chapin,  born 
1st  October,  1859.  June  3,  Frederick  A.,  born  20th  January, 
1851 ;  Mary  C,  9th  January,  1853  ;  Anna  F.,  4th  February,  1855  ; 
and  George  Augustus,  10th  June,  1857,  four  children  of  George 
Starrett.  July  1,  Alfred  Gibson,  a  colored  child  of  Beverley  and 
Julia.     July  11,    Sarah   G.,  child   of  Dr.  Samuel    Patteson,  of 


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Manchester,  born  January,  11,  1860.  September  10,  Henry  L., 
child  of  George  H.  Chiun,  born  5th  June,  1860.  September  23, 
Herbert  P.  L.,  child  of  Mr.  Grabaii,  (our  organist,)  born  7th 
March,  1860.  October  7,  Margaret  C,  child  of  J.  H.  Eustace, 
six  weeks  old.  December  2,  Koberta,  child  of  H.  P.  Edmond,. 
born  July  1859.  December  23,  John  Points,  child  of  Rev. 
Robert  Nelson,  (baptized  at  St.  John's  Church,  Church  Hill.) 
December  24,  Norma,  a  colored  slave  to  Miss  Anna  Goodall. 
December  28,  Emma  Jane,  Maria  Heath,  and  Mary  Eliza  Heath, 
three  orphans  presented  by  the  directors  at  the  asylum,  corner 
Seventh  and  Leigh  Streets,  with  Mrs.  Dr.  Bolton  and  Mrs.  Harri- 
son as  sponsors  for  the  first  two,  and  Miss  Eliza  Heath,  matron, 
for  the  third.  Lizzie  S. ,  child  of  Pleasant  Howell,  sponsors,  Mrs. 
Rahm  and  sister. 

1861.— March  16,  Richard  H.,  child  of  Virginia  Dabnejv 
April  28,  Cai-oline  D.,  child  of  John  Mellen,  born  12th  February^ 
1861.  Thomas  Jasper,  son  of  Dr.  Williams,  of  New  Kent,  born 
11th  February,  1861.  Francis  D.,  child  of  George  W.  Williams, 
born  3rd  January,  1861.  Mary  Isabella,  child  of  A.  L.  Lindsay. 
May  29,  Robert  T.,  child  of  Edward  Norvell,  born  14th  October, 
1859.  May  16,  Lucy  H.,  child  of  John  W.  Atkinson,  (baptized 
by  her  grandfather,  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  Bishop  of 
North  Carolina.)  June  3,  Lewis  B.,  child  of  VVilliam  Williams, 
(ill,  died  half  an  hour  after  baptism  )  June  10,  Waldrop  M., 
child  of  Thomas  Pemberton,  (of  Goochland  county,)  born  30th 
December,  1860.  George  R.,  child  of  John  Pickett,  born  March 
30,  1861.  June  16,  Charles  L.,  child  of  John  L.  iJacon,  born. 
20th  February,  1861.  June  21,  Ann  C,  child  of  S.  B.  French, 
born  August  28,  1860.  Amanda  Malvina  Clementine,  colored 
child,  parents  not  known,  born  18th  February,  1860,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  S.  B.  French,  its  sponsors.  June  23,  William  Florence, 
parents  not  known,  child  ill,  born  September,  1860.  Sarah 
Jane,  born  August  20,  1848  ;  Roselia,  September  2,  1852  ;  Mary 
Ann,  January  2,  1858;  John  Bell,  November  1,  1860,  four  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Branch ;  also  Rose  Frances,  born  1851 ; 
Henrietta,  1853,  two  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burk.  Melissa, 
child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hays,  born  1848.  The  six  first  children 
of  above  belonged  to  the  parochial  school,  and  Mrs.  Archibald 
Govan,  their  teacher.  July  21,  Jefferson,  born  1859,  child  of 
Matthew  Davis.     July  25,  John  William,  born  October  2,  1855  ; 


460  History  of  the 

Kobert  Floyd,  three  years  old,  and  Avis  A.,  born  14th  July,  1861, 
three  children  of  Edward  Wooden.  September  9,  McDauiel, 
child  of  Charles  Purcell,  (at  home,  ill.)  September  29,  George 
Woodbridge,  child  of  C.  B.  Luck,  at  Alberry  Chnrch,  Bvicking- 
ham  county.  Oct.  6,  William  R.,  child  of  Mr.  Brouch.  Oct.  24, 
Mary  Eliza,  child  of  Rev.  William  W.  Green,  born  24th  July, 
1861.  November  17,  Edgar  C,  child  of  late  Edgar  Macon,  born 
July  16,  1861.  Fanny  Macmurdo,  child  of  Richard  C.  Hall,  born 
June  22,  1861.  Virginia  E.,  child  of  C.  R.  Chapiu,  April  26, 
1861.  Peggy  S.,  child  of  John  B.  Bigger,  born  April  17,  1861. 
Eliza  W.,  child  of  Peyton  Johnston,  born  August,  1861.  Vir- 
ginia C,  born  Julj^  31,  1851  ;  Laura  Eugenia,  same  date,  and 
Churchill  H.,  January  10,  IS.^io,  three  children  of  Mr.  Webster. 
December  1,  Virginia  V.,  child  of  Walter  Wallace,  born  18th 
June,  1861. 

1862. — January  2,  James,  colored  child  of  Wiseaua,  slave  of 
Miss  M.  Duval,  o  months  old,  and  John  Henry,  colored,  child 
of  Martha  Parker,  slave  of  Mrs.  Hester  Reeve,  3  months  old. 
January  9,  Peter  R.,  child  of  Philip  Rahm,  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1861,  (baptized  at  home  by  the  coush  of  his  dying 
father.)  January  29,  Charles,  son  of  A.  Judson  Crane,  18 
years  old.  February  2,  Harry  R.,  child  of  Charles  Talcott, 
born  November,  1861.  February  9,  Edmonia  F.,  child  of  Rich- 
ard H.  Meade.  April  6,  Obadiah  J.,  child  of  Rev.  Henry  A. 
Wise,  born  November,  1861,  Ajiril  17,  Henry  W.,  child  of 
Henry  W.  Moucure,  born  November,  1861.  April  27,  George  D., 
child  of  Mr.  Chiswick.  Edvi^ard  M.,  child  of  Mortimer  M.  Young, 
born  September  16,  1861.  May  18,  David,  child  of  Horace  P. 
Edmond.  June  22,  Lucy  A.,  child  of  Mr.  Sharpe,  born  11th 
December,  1861.  June  24,  Robert  Randolph,  child  of  Mrs. 
Ball,  born  16th  June,  1860,  (at  home,  ill) ;  Mrs.  B.  is  a  refugee, 
from  Leesburg.  July  20,  Duncan  V.  R.,  son  of  Captain  Robert 
Johnston,  born  27th  January,  1862;  Harvey  Alex.,  son  of  the 
late  Harvey  Dudley.  July  27,  Agnes  M.,  born  October  5,  1851 ; 
Sally  Wells,  April  9,  1853,  and  Francis  Reguault,  3  children  of 
Lewis  and  Phebe  Maule,  deceased.  August  23,  Charles  Douglas, 
a  child  of  colored  parents.  October  3 1,  An  infant  child  of  S. 
Bassett  French.  November  30,  Martha,  child  of  George  W. 
Williams. 

1863. — January  2,  Charles  W.,  child  of  Dr.   Charles  Coleman. 


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January  G,  James  Sanford,  child  of  Mr.  Bust.  March  8,  AHce 
B.,  child  of  Wm.  J.  Bromwell,  born  15th  June,  1862.  March 
29,  Fanny  Page,  child  of  Pleasant  and  Victoria  Howell,  of  Floyd 
county,  Va.  April  11,  Charles  D. ,  son  of  Mr.  Forsyth,  born 
September  4,  1861 ;  Mary  Ann,  infant  child  of  Mr.  Carson ; 
(these  two  were  baptized  at  the  orphan  asylum.)  April  14,  N.  S., 
child  of  David  J.  Burr.  May  11,  Henry  Gains,  child  of  Mr. 
Haun,  born  November  29,  1862.  June  28,  Cornelius  C. ,  child  of 
Mr.  C.  R.  Chapiu,  (at  home  ill.)  June  30,  A  colored  child  of  Julia. 
July  4,  Bernard  C,  child  of  Mrs.  M.  Hays,  3  years  old,  (at  home, 
ill.)  July  26,  Eobert  F.,  son  of  George  W.  Camp,  4  months 
old.  August  30,  Justina  Virginia,  (no  other  name) ;  another 
without  name.  September  7,  Caroline  G.,  born  October  10, 
1860,  and  Henry  T.,  October  16,  1862,  children  of  Carrington 
Watkius,  baptized  at  "Ampthill,"  Chesterfield  county.  Elise 
Cabell,  child  of  John  A.  Chevallie,  born  September  6,  1862,  bap- 
tized at  same  place.  September  20,  Rhoda,  born  15th  March, 
1859,  and  Katy,  1st  August,  1862,  slave  children  of  Mrs.  Gil- 
liam and  Miss  Mary  Jane  Fulton.  October  4,  St.  John,  child  of 
Major  Clarke,  born  21st  April,  1863.  October  14,  Thomas  E., 
child  of  W.  W.  Green,  born  24th  March,  1863.  October  18, 
Florence  N.,  child  of  Norborne  Norton,  deceased,  born  March 
24,  1859.  John  P.,  child  of  John  P.  MiUer,  born  February  14, 
1863.  Mary  JuUa,  child  of  Wm.  Ira  Smith,  born  June  IS,  1861. 
Thomas  M.,  child  of  Peyton  Johnston,  born  June  28,  1863. 
Joseph  Henry,  (no  other  name.)  November  1,  Edward,  son  of 
Dr.  Pleasants,  born  July  15,  1852,  and  Thomas,  of  same,  March 
20,  1857.  John,  child  of  John  and  Virginia  Tyler,  born  June, 
1863.  November  4,  Cora  Exile,  child  of  Mr.  Brown,  6  months 
old.  November  25,  William,  child  of  John  Tindall,  (at  home,  ill.) 
1864. — January  24,  Elizabeth  D.  child  of  Dr.  Peter  Lyons. 
March  20,  George  Woodbridge  and  Horace  Porter,  twins  of  H. 
P.  Edmond,  born  December  31,  1863.  May  15,  Elizabeth  H., 
born  15th  May,  1861,  and  Virginia,  16th  October,  1863,  children 
of  George  and  Virginia  Macmurdo.  Mary  Ann,  child  of  George 
H.  Woolhouse,  born  6th  December,  1857.  Lucy  H.,  born  26th 
December,  1860,  and  Harry  H.,  1st  January,  1862,  children  of 
Wm.  H.  Powers.  May  22,  Louise,  born  17th  April,  1861,  and 
Charles  Amos,  23rd  August,  1863,  children  of  Charles  Macmurdo. 
May  29,  Eobert  B. ,  child  of  Charles  Talcott,  born  1st  December, 


462  History  of  the 

1863.  June  11,  Roberta,  child  of  Mrs.  White,  born  May,  1864. 
July  7,  Eobina,  born  1st  July,  18G1,  and  Henrietta,  15th  May, 
1864:,  children  of  John  and  Susan  Shanks  Cthe  father  a  foreigner 
in  Washington,  and  mother  here  ill  with  cancer.)  July  10,  Wash- 
ington F. ,  sou  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Redwood,  19  years  old,  (a  cadet, 
his  parents  live  in  Mobile.)  July  If),  Virginia  Texas,  child  of 
Loftus  Lindsey,  born  30th  March,  1863,  (ill,  at  home.)  August 
28,  Kate  Lee,  child  of  Mr.  Goddard,  (bai:)tized  at  home,  ill.) 
September  16,  Emily  H.,  child  of  Major  F.  W.  Simms,  born  1st 
July,  1864.  October  18,  Richard,  child  of  Captain  Felix  Cave, 
born  May,  1863,  (ill,  at  home.)  James  Curtis,  colored  child  of 
Mrs.  H.  Reeve,  18  months  old.  October  26,  L.  T.,  child  of  Cap- 
tain Dade,  born  10th  June,  1862.  October  30,  Robert  Lee,  child 
of  H.  B.  French,  born  7th  December,  1863. 

1865. — Januai-y  17,  Annie  C,  child  of  Mr.  Bronaugh,  born  21st 
May,  1864.  January  29,  Cbarles  M.,  child  of  Major  Wm.  Jones, 
born  25th  July,  1864.  March  3,  Janet  McLaren,  child  of  John 
W.  McBride,  born  November  18,  1864.  April  2,  Mayo,  child  of 
Mr.  Fitzhugh,  three  months  old.  April  8,  Eliza  Hardaway, 
daughter  of  Richard  H.  Meade,  about  three  months  old.  April 
24,  Elizabeth  McCaw  and  Fanny  Ballard,  twins  of  Wm.  H.  Pow- 
ers, (at  home,  F.  B.  being  ill.)  April  28,  Calvert  K.,  child  of  John 
Mellen,  born  8th  August,  1864.  June  5,  Coakley,  child  of  James 
Snell,  born  8th  April,  1864.  June  9,  Joseph  Allen,  son  of  John 
Tyler,  born  October,  1864.  June  13,  Mary  R.  and  Robert  L. , 
twins  of  Horace  P.  Edmond.  July  9,  Adeline  H.,  child  of  Dr. 
Peter  Lyons,  born  31st  December,  1864.  July  26,  Mattie  M., 
child  of  Mr.    Sedgwick,   (one   of  twins,)  born  19th  September, 

1864.  August  14,  Lucy  Corbin,  child  of  Edward  P.  Reeve, 
born  12th  July,  1865.  October  8,  Mary  Ellen,  an  adopted  child 
of  Mrs.  Miller,  (no  age  given.)  November  — ,  Mary  Wiseana,  a 
colored  child,  Mrs.  Duval  and  Miss  Duval  its  sponsors,  (no  date 
of  birth.) 

1866. — February  5,  Thomas  H.,  child  of  John  B.  Bigger,  born 
15th  September,  1864.  March  15,  Adelaide  R.,  child  of  William 
S.  Trent,  born  3rd  September,  1865.  March  19,  Conway  M., 
child  of  Mr.  Washington,  born  6th  September,  1865.  March  23, 
Nelly  Lee  Walls,  a  foundling  left  at  the  orphan  asyhim,  corner  of 
Seventh  and  Leigh  streets,  a  few  days  old,  now  about  four  months 
old.     April  5,  John  M.,  child  of  R.  M.  Burton,  about  18  years 


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-old.  Mary  Bell  Macon,  sister  of  Mrs.  Robert  M.  Burton,  about 
20  years  old.  (March  25,  "William  H.  H.,  son  of  Mr.  Pike  Pow- 
ers, about  20  years  old.)  April  19,  Ella  M.,  child  of  Dr.  C.  D. 
Rice,  born  20th  October,  ISG.").  April  26,  Miles  C,  child  of 
Captain  Miles  Macon,  born  29th  March,  1865.  May  20,  Roberta 
L.,  child  of  Wm.  F.  Price,  born  19th  January,  1864.  June  23, 
"William  Dent,  child  of  Mortimer  M.  Young,  born  20th  June, 
1865.  July  8,  Sally  Taliaferro,  child  of  Peter  H.  Mayo,  bom 
November,  1865.  October  7,  Sally  G.,  child  of  Edward  M.  Nor- 
Tell,  born  October  28,  1862.  October  21,  Mary  Allen,  child  of 
John  Tyler.  Elizabeth  T.,  child  of  Dr.  R.  K.  Brock.  November 
4,  Marie  Augusta,  child  of  Theodore  AV.  Henuiger,  born  8th  May, 
1865.  Henry  Allen,  child  of  John  Mellen,  born  9th  May,  1866. 
November  11,  John  R.,  child  of  John  Emory  Pitts,  born  31st  of 
October,  1863.  December  2,  Kate  L.,  child  of  Mr.  Brown,  born 
14th  February,  1866. 

1867.— February  2,  James  Bolton,  child  of  J.  M.  McBryde, 
born  2nd  September,  1866.  February  17,  Alice,  child  of  H.  D. 
"Whitcomb,  born  16th  September,  1866.  April  14,  Adeline  Strat- 
ton,  (parents  live  in  New  Jersey,  about  17  years  old.  Lizzie  "Van 
"Winkle,  child  of  Mr.  "V^.,  about  18  years  old.  May  7,  Guy  R., 
born  December  6,  1864,  and  Ellen  C,  January  30,  1866,  children 
of  Daniel  H.  London.  August  4,  James  Joseph,  child  of  John 
W.  Moore,  born  October  8,  1866.  Malcolm  S.,  child  of  Horace 
P.  Edmond,  born  April  19,  1867.  Ida  Virginia,  child  of  Edward 
Wooden,  born  March  11,  1865,  and  Georgiana,  of  same,  April  4, 
1867.  August  10,  Richard  H.,  son  of  Richard  H.  Meade,  born 
May  3,  1867.  August  6,  John  E. ,  child  of  Charles  H.  Cawood, 
born  25th  December,  1865,  (at  home,  ill.)  August  27,  Henry  T., 
child  of  Alfred  Poindexter,  born  24th  July,  1866.  December  14, 
Mabel  Helen,  born  26th  March,  1856,  and  "Virginia  Sipple,  19th 
October,  1863,  two  children  of  a  Mr.  Norris,  an  engineer,  killed 
by  an  explosion  of  the  engine  on  the  Petersburg  railroad,  (the 
wife  was  a  Miss  Saunders,  of  Harrisburg,  Penn. ,  and  to  leave  the 
following  Tuesday  for  home  with  her  children.) 

1868.— February  2,  Phebe  Gardner,  child  of  "W.  E.  Florence, 
bom  24th  November,  1867.  April  5,  Alexander  S.,  child  of  Dr. 
Hunter  McGuire,  born  15th  Sept.,  1867.  Easter  Monday  13th, 
Frederick  C,  child  of  Thomaa  \V.  Saunders,  born  7th  May,  1867. 
Xucy,  child  of  Dr.  Peter  Lyons,  born  2nd  January,  1866.    Edward 


464  History  of  the 

Bedel],  born  l-ith  Jauuary,  1857  ;  Fanny  Deaue,  9th  June,  1859  ; 
Horace  Simmons,  2r)th  Jime,  18(51,  and  Alfred  Lee,  28th  August 
1863,  four  children  of  William  S.  Thaw.  April  29,  Virginia  E., 
born  21st  December,   1865,  and  Peter  Joseph,  17th  December, 

1867,  two  children  of  John  A.  Chevallie.  April  30,  A  child 
of  John  Van  Lew  McCreery,  (baj^tized  by  its  grandfather, 
Rev.  H.  S.  Kepler.)  May  3,  Edwin  Taylor,  son  of  R.  H.  Fisher, 
born  18th  Nov.,  1867.  June  9,  Julia  F.,  child  of  Dr.  John  G. 
Skelton,  bom  25th  June,  1867.  July  19,  Nannie  C,  child  of 
Col.  Randolph  Talcott,  born  8th  December,  1867.  Virginia 
Allen,  child  of  Dr.  Brock,  born  11th  March,  1868.  Elizabeth 
Evans,  child  of  John  Tyler,  born  9th  February,  1468.  December 
10,  Anna  Catherine,  born  November  17,  1865,  and  Robert  William, 
April  17,  1868,  two  children  of  Mrs.  Virginia  Harris.  William 
Henry,  child  of  Mrs.  Chappell,  born  August  1,  1868.  December 
12,  John  Baldwin  and  Mary  Ann,  twins,  of  John  Bell  Bigger, 
born  July  13,  1868,  sponsors,  Mrs.  T.  Bigger  and  Mrs.  B.  F. 
Ladd  for  John  Baldwin,  and  Mrs.  T.  Bigger  and  Mary  F.  Bigger 
for  Mary  Ann.  William  Maule,  sou  of  Charles  P.  Bigger,  born 
June  8,  1868. 

1869.— January  17,  Eva  Virginia,  child  of  Philip  H.  Allen,  (at 
home,  very  ill :  baptized  at  midnight.)  Jauuary  2-1,  Lizzie  Moore, 
child  of  Mr.  Brown,  born  April  12,  1868.  February  17,  Martha 
Boj'd,  child  of  B.  W.  GilHs,  born  11th  December,  1868.  Feb- 
ruary 21,  Robert,  son  of  Walter  Edmond,  born  15th  November, 

1868.  February  28,  John  Richmond,  child  of  Thomas  Bapty, 
born  29th  November,  1866.  March  5,  Lucetta  Virginia,  born 
September  24,  1856 ;  Rosabella,  February  27,  1858 ;  Bradford 
G.,  November  2,  1859  ;  James  A.,  September  4,  1861,  and  Mary 
Elizabeth,  December  17,  1864,  five  children  of  James  P.  Woody. 
March  14,  Elizabeth  Marshall,  18  years  old ;  Jessina  Roach, 
same,  and  Laura  Virginia  Bedford,  the  same  age.  Mrs.  Dr.  Bol- 
ton, Miss  Bull,  and  Miss  Heath  were  sponsors  for  the  above  three. 
March  20,  Fanny,  born  May  3,  1857;  Helen  E.,  May  2,  1858; 
Benjamin  F.,  January,  1860,  and  Rebecca,  October,  1863,  four 
children  of  Mrs.  Helen  Farley.  Catherine  E. ,  born  February  23, 
1856;  John  H.,  November  1,  1862,  and  Emma  Lee,  June  28, 
1867,  three  children  of  Mrs.  Trainer,  (a  widow.)  June  20,  Jane 
Taylor,  child  of  Mr.  James  Foster,  born  November  7,  1868.  July 
31,  Miles  M.,  child  of  John  G.  Clarke,  born  December  27,  1868. 


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December  11,  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  Janiiary  3,  18G9  ;  child  of 
\Vm.  H.  Millburn.  Joseph  L.  Lowry,  bom  July  10,  1869.  De- 
cember 12,  Seniua,  child  of  Mrs  Mary  New,  born  April  10,  18.")9. 
December  15,  Wm.  M.,  colored,  son  of  Wm.  and  F.  Randolph, 
born  January  7,  18G6  ;  Mary  Susan,  colored  child  of  Wm.  and 
Fredericka  Randolph,  born  February  10,  18GS.  December  19,. 
Mary  G.,  child  of  T.  M.  Talcott,  born  11th  June,  1869. 

1870. — Jauuarj'  23,  Elizabeth  P.  Daniel,  sixteen  years  old.. 
January  27,  Hannah  E. ,  child  of  Wm.  Clendening,  born  16th. 
April,  1869.  March  16,  Sarah  Isabella,  born  October  19,  1866 ;. 
Mary  G.,  March  18,  1868,  and  Lalla  Rookh  Rose,  March  22,. 
1861.  Bell  Antouette  Circle,  eight  years  old.  April  10,  Miss- 
Irene,  daughter  of  Franklin  Stearns,  fifteen  years  old.  April 
17,  Henry  D.,  son  of  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  six  months  old.  April 
2i,  William  James,  child  of  Thomas  Bapty,  l)orn  July  6,  1869. 
May  8,  James  Conway,  child  of  George  H.  T.  Green,  six  months 
old.  May  23,  Ohvia  Byrd,  child  of  J.  M.  Sublett,  six  months 
old.  June  5,  Emma  R. ,  child  of  John  Tyler,  born  25th  Decem- 
ber, 1869.  June  13,  Vacabell,  born  11th  April,  1865  ;  William 
H.  L.,  4th  September,  1867,  and  Robert  C,  4th  August,  1869,, 
three  children  of  Carrington  Watkins,  of  "AmptniU,"  Chester- 
field county.  June  19,  Ellen,  child  of  A.  B.  Guigon,  born  No- 
vember 26,  1869.  Frank  Deane  Carr.  June  26,  Elvira  M.,  child 
of  John  B.  Bigger,  born  January  4,  1870.  August  31,  Wm. 
Edward,  child  of  Wm.  E.  Florence,  born  January  2,  1870. 
Charles  Bolton,  child  of  Dr.  C.  W.  Brock.  October  23,  Mary 
Lee,  child  of  Wm.  R.  Bull,  born  August  25,  1870. 

1871.— March  8,  Ida,  child  of  Mrs.  Van  Tassel,  (baptized  in 
private,  very  ill.)  March  21,  Henry  St.  Clair,  child  of  Wallace 
Washington,  about  three  years  old.  April  1,  Katy  Erminia, 
fourteen  years  old,  and  Edward  Tyler  Heath,  twelve  j'ears  old. 
April  4,  Florence,  daughter  of  Joseph  Allen,  twenty  years  old- 
Mary  L.,  child  of  Charles  R.  Skinker,  born  18th  May,  1868.. 
April  5,  Julia  C,  born  14th  November,  1869  ;  Margaret  C,  14th 
July,  1865,  and  Wilkerson  G.  Freeman,  1st  August,  1868,  April. 
9,  Kate  R.,  child  of  George  W.  Brown,  born  13th  August,  1870. 
April  10,  Norman  Field,  child  of  Alex.  F.  Short,  born  21st 
April,  1869.  Mary  Field,  child  of  Mr.  Yancey,  born  16th. 
October,  1870.  April  27,  Louisa  Fontaine,  child  of  R.  H. 
Meade,  born  December,  1870.  May  13,  Delia,  an  orphan  at 
the  asylum,  four  years  old,  (and  very  ill.)  May  13, 
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466  History  of  the 

Martha,  child  of  W.  Zimmerman,  boru  1st  March,  1871. 
May  18,  Mary  B.,  child  of  Thomas  L.  Alfriend,  born  15th  Feb- 
ruary, 1871.  Leroy,  child  of  Mr.  William  Bentley,  born  14th 
June,  1870.  Clara  L.,  born  11th  February,  1859;  John  Esten, 
9th  May,  1861  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  6th  June,  1863,  and  Austin 
Spear,  IGth  July,  1867,  four  children  of  Mrs,  Baker.  .Tune  5, 
Horace,  child  of  Theodore  W.  Hoinniger,  (at  home,  ill ;  died 
7th.)  At  date  Nov.  4,  1866,  the  name  of  Mr.  H.  is  spelt 
"  Heniger  ;"  it  should  have  been  as  here  coiTscted.  June 
14,  CeUa,  child  of  W.  Washington,  born  13th,  May  1871. 
June  19,  Harriet  E.,  child  of  T.  M.  R.  Talcott,  born  December 
28  1870.  July  2,  Julia  Woodbridge,  child  of  H.  P.  Edmond. 
July  30,  Ann,  child  of  Robert  H.  Fisher,  boi-n  April  10,  1871. 
October  29,  Hugh  Holmes,  child  of  Dr.  Hunter  McGuire.  Novem- 
ber 26,  Alberta  Grace,  child  of  Joseph  E.  Nieswangcr,  born 
November  10,  1870.  Charles  Robert,  child  of  Charles  R.  Skiuker, 
born  30th  May,  1871.     December  10,  Robert  Edmond,  child  of 

George  N.  Woodbridge,  born ,   1870.     December  24,   Anna 

Estelle,  child  of  Isaac  Farrar,  born  3rd  Dec,  1856.  Cecilia  Lyle 
Bosengent,  child  of  B.  W.  Gillis,  born  24th  Dec,  1871.  Dec 
31,  Mattie  Woody,  child  of  Mr.  Atkinson,  born  24th  June,  1870. 
;[872, — Febi-uary  14,  Virginia  L.,  child  of  Charles  A.  Berrian. 
March  22,  Charles  Heni-y,  child  of  Robert  L.  Dickinson,  born 
January  7,  1866.  April  7,  Dabney  Jefferson,  child  of  Dabuey  J. 
Carr,  born  September  5,  1871.  April  28,  Edwin  Marvin,  child 
of  E.  M.  D.  Clarke,  born  February  17,  1865,  and  George  Waddy, 
March  1,  1867.  May  9,  Genevieve  Deane,  child  of  Mr.  Milhoit, 
seven  months  old ;  (parents  live  in  Madison  county. )  May  12, 
Florence  L.,  child  of  John  Tyler,  born  August  20,  1871.  June 
5,  Eliza  Hardaway,  child  of  General  James  H.  Lane,  born  25th 

December,   1871.     June    23,    Leon   M.,   child  of Thurston, 

eight  years  old.  Adult  baptism.  June  30,  Richard  Reynolds, 
child  of  WiUiam  E.  Florence,  born  July  13,  1871.  June  23, 
Susan  Armistead,  child  of  Peyton  Randolph,  (baptized  at  White 
Sulphur  Springs.)  September  19,  John  G.,  child  of  WilHam 
Bentley,  (ill.  at  home.)  October  25,  Mary  Amanda,  child  of 
John  R.  Triplett,  born  September  22,  1872,  (they  belong  to  St. 
Paul's.)  October  27,  Constance  W.,  child  of  Dr.  E.  T.  Robin- 
son. November  3,  Samuel  William,  child  of  John  Bell  Bigger. 
A  child  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Davidson,  (name  not  mentioned.) 
November  24,  Matilda,  about  twenty,  daughter  of  Jasper  Johan. 
Lillie,    daughter   of    John    Baker,    about    eighteen    years   old. 


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December  28,  George  Woodbridge,  child  of  Horace  P.  Edmond, 
boru  August  — ,  1.S72. 

1878. — January  13,  Asa  Alexander,  child  of  James  F.  Thurston, 
born  January  5,  1872,  (at  home,  ill.)     March  13,  A  child  of  Wm. 
and  Frederika  Randolph,  (colored.)     March  26,  Lucinda  Gittiugs, 
about  18  years  old,  Mrs.  Rahm  her  s^jonsor.    Ellen  Duke,  about 
thirteen.  Miss  Marsh  her  sponsor.    Mrs.  Sue  B.  Crenshaw,  about 
twenty,  daughter  of  Mr.  Wm.  M.   Sutton.     April  2,  Charles  B. 
Davis,  boru  29th  February,  1873.      Fanny  L.,  child  of  John  E. 
Womble,  boru  10th  May,  1872.     May  18,  Martha  Susan,  child  of 
Mrs.  James  S.  Graves,  born  January,  18G.5,  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher 
sjDonsor  for  her  and  mother.     May  25,  John  Harrold  Gilliam, 
born  November,  1872.     June  1,  Caroline  G.  Newell,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1873,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Peter  C.  Warwick  sponsors.     June  3, 
Mary  Steuart,  child  of  Dr.  Hunter  McGuire,  born  December  6, 
1872.    Anna  Churchill,  child  of  Major  Wm.  Jones,  born  Decem- 
ber 26,  1872.     June  5,  Charlotte,  child  of  George  H.  Poindexter, 
born  February  29,  1872.     June  7,  An  ill  child  of  O.  A.  Ericson. 
June  11,  Ansalem  T.,  child  of  Dr.  C.  W.  P.  Brock.    Virginia,  child 
of  John  Tyler,  born  February  22,  1873.     June  14,  Edward  H.. 
child  of  Mr.  Thurston,  (ill,  at  home.)     September  19,  Henry  T. , 
child  of  Charles  W.  Sutton,  born  22nd  July,  1873.     October  5, 
Eleanor,  child  of  Robert  H.   Fisher,   born  February  25,    1873. 
WiUiam  Gibbs  Bull,  Rev.  Mr.  Pike  Powers,  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers, 
and  Miss  King,  sponsors.     Oct.  8,  Joseph  Allen,  child  of  Leo  P. 
Wheat,  born   22ud  January,   1873.      October  12,  Peter  C,  child 
of  Peter  C.  Warwick,  born  August  2,  1873.     November  3,  Mary 
Jane,  eight  years  old,  and  Joanna,  born  February  20,  1 8C3,  chil- 
dren of  Mrs.    Martha  Jane  Wright,    a  widow.      Lavinia   Eliza- 
beth, child  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Ann  Gary,  born  Nov.  2,  1872.     Dec.  3, 
Kate  Fontaine,  child  of  R.  H.  Meade,  born  August,  1873.    Dec.  14, 
W.  S.  P.,  son  of  Wm.  S.  P.  Mayo.     Dec.  16,  Rebecca  N.,  child  of 
George  N.  Woodbridge,  born  September  26,  1873. 

1874. — January  4,  Lillian  Moore,  child  of  Rufus  Yarbrough, 
born  September  26,  1873.  February  14,  Joseph  P.,  an  ill  child 
of  Mr.  Nieswanger.  February  15,  Frederick  Charles,  child  of 
Isaac  S.  Tower,  born  August  19,  1873.  February  18,  Wm.  R., 
nine  years  old,  and  George  Ira,  seven  years  old,  sons  of  a  widow, 
Mrs.  Ball,  (Mrs.  Powers  sponsoi-.)  April  12,  Lemuel  C,  born 
April  4,  1871,  and  Irving  Lee,  November  16,  1873,  children  of 
Mr.  Slater.     Minson,  seventeen  years  old,  (Miss  Marsh  sponsor.) 


468  History  of  the 

April  18,  Sarah  Jane,  child  of  Thomas  Doswell,  sixteen  years 
old.  May  13,  Otis  Mansou,  child  of  Thomas  L.  Alfriend,  seven 
months  old.  May  29,  James  Gardner,  child  of  Wm.  E.  Florence, 
born  April  24,  ]873.  June  10,  Wm.  P.  Gilliam,  born  March  19, 
1874.  June  18,  Allan  B.,  child  of  George  W.  Warren.  June  28, 
Helen  Jean,  child  of  John  D.  Baker,  born  March  21,  1874.  July 
12,  Hunter  B.,  child  of  John  Frischkorn,  born  August  18,  1871. 
August  3,  Eoberta  S.,  child  of  B.  W.  Gillis,  born  3rd  June,  1874. 
September  20,  Thedore  W.,  child  of  Wm.  Hoinniger,  born  June, 
1874.  September  23,  William,  colored  child,  (very  ill),  three 
years  old.  November  18,  Leonidor  Coyle,  child  of  Horace  P. 
Edmoud.  December  13,  Kate  Skelton,  child  of  Thomas  N. 
Jones,  born  19th  Octrber,  1874. 

1875.— February  14,  Kebecca  Stiles,  child  of  R.  W.  Thorn, 
born  13th  October,  1874.  March  17,  John  Henry,  born  13th 
August,  1862 ;  Albert,  23rd  November,  1867 ;  Nannie  Lee,  13th 
May,  1866  ;  Maria  Jane,  2nd  September,  1868,  children  of  George 
Goff.  Nannie  Saunders,  born  26th  May,  1866  ;  Mary  Virginia 
Dixon,  born  11th  December,  1861  ;  Thomas  Henry,  born  16th 
March,  1868;  Anthony,  3rd  July,  1869,  and  Ann  Bell,  2oth 
February,  1872,  three  children  of  Anthony  Critza.  Roberta  But- 
ler, born  August  — ,  1867.  William  Andrew,  born  11th  October, 
1867;  Charles  Henry,  23rd  June,  1869,  two  children  of  John 
Phelps.  Sarah  Jane,  born  29th  January,  1862,  child  of  Richard 
Phelps.  CMiss  Helen  King,  sponsor  for  above  thirteen  chil- 
dren. What  a  commentary  on  her  desire  to  do  good  I — G.  D.  F.) 
March  21,  Laura  Yancey  Wright,  about  eighteen  years  old.  Lily 
Valentine,  about  fourteen  years  old.  May  16,  Wm.  Samuel, 
child  of  John  Tyler,  born  September  24,  1874.  May  30,  May, 
child  of  Leonidas  P.  Wheat,  born  31st  July,  1874,  (and  baptized 
by  her  grandfather.  Rev.  Dr.  Wheat.)  June  2,  Gabriella,  child  of 
Dr.  J.  D.  Moncure,  born  March  7,  1875.  June  13,  Henry  Cheval- 
lie,  child  of  Mr.  Newel.  Thomas  M.  Randolph,  child  of  T.  M. 
Talcott,  born  April  1,  1865.  June  19,  Lottie  Bell,  child  of  John 
Bell  Bigger,  born  February  6,  1875.  June  22,  Conway  Robin- 
son, child  of  Mr.  Alex.  Cameron,  (very  ill.)  June  26,  Aletta, 
child  of  Richard  Macmurdo,  (very  ill. )  September  27,  Fanny  S. , 
child  of  Wm.  R.  Bull,  born  April,  1875.  October  8,  Agues  Vir- 
ginia Townsend,  an  orphan  at  the  Asylum,  (not  known.) 

1876. — January  1,  Wm.  Henry,  child  of  P.  C.  Warwick,  born 
October  28,  1875.  Sally  Bayley,  child  of  George  S.  Stokes,  born 
June  17,  1875.     March  1,  Clifton  Frischkorn  ;  Catherine  Chiesa, 


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born  January  IG,  18G7.  March  20,  Mera  Butre,  twenty  years 
old.  April  15,  Wm.  Eldridge,  child  of  Charles  A.  Crawford, 
born  2Gth  September,  1875.  April  30,  Alice  Ogilvie,  child  of 
Herbert  P.  Lefevre,  six  weeks  old.  May  7,  Sally  Spottswood, 
child  of  Thomas  L.  Alfriend,  born  7th  August,  1875.  Marian 
Josephine,  child  of  J.  E.  Nieswanger,  born  24th  October,  1875. 
Fanny  Baldwin  and  Anna  Moss,  twins  of  Dr.  Hunter  McGuire, 
born  15th  Decemljer,  1875.  June  11,  John  Lewis,  son  of  Kobert 
and  Sally  Maule  Harrold.  June  18,  Frank  Wallace,  child  of  E. 
and  J.  S.  Tower,  born  January  4,  187(). 

1877.— February  8,  Caroline  C,  child  of  Peter  C.  Warwick, 
born  October  4,  187G.  February  18,  Marianne  Everard,  child  of 
E.  H.  Meade,  born  September  22,  1876.  March  4,  Anne  Lj'le, 
child  of  John  Tyler.  Leonidas  Polk,  child  of  Leo.  P.  Wheat. 
February  25,  Wm.  K.  Saunders,  fifteen  years  old,  (Mr.  Grafton, 
sponsor.)  FebiMiary  ol,  George,  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Virginia 
Alice  Crutchfield,  five  months  old,  (very  ill.)  April  8,  Edward 
Miller,  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Gertrude  Taylor,  nine  months  old. 
April  22,  Eliza  Calvin,  child  of  Wm.  A.  Bragg,  born  22nd  June, 
1876.  October  10,  Mary  PhiHps,  child  of  Wm.  E.  Florence,  born 
15th  August,  1875.  Roberts.,  child  of  C.  A.  Coleman,  born  2nd 
September,  1876.  October  14,  Wm.  Isaacs,  (baptized  by  Eev. 
Mr.  Williams,  of  Georgia.)  November  4,  Herbert  P.  Lefevre, 
also  by  same.  Clement  Thaw  Morton,  (Mr.  John  H.  Tyler,  spon- 
sor.) December  2,  Elizabeth  Higginbotham,  child  of  Edward  H. 
and  Bell  Fisher,  born  5th  August,  1S77. 

1878.— February  3,  PhiUp  Rahm,  child  of  Mr.  Carlton.  (This 
is  the  last  infant  baptism  recorded  by  Dr.  Woodbridge ;  and  I 
will  here  remark,  that  when  any  age  or  Christian  name  are  found 
wanting,  it  proceeds  from  the  parochial  report  ;  and  in  such 
cases  parents  or  others  have  failed  to  insert  them  when  baptism 
occurred. — G.  D.  F.) 

Infant  Baptisms  continued  for  convention  report  of  1878  : — 
March  20,  Hattie  Cabell,  born  May  17,  1876 ;  Henry  Mortimer, 
born  Dec.  21,  1868  ;  William  Allen,  born  March  2,  1870 ;  Chas. 
Radford,  born  Jan.  12,  1872  ;  and  Thos.  Crittenden,  born  Sept. 
8,  1877,  five  children  of  Mr.  Thos.  H.  Blankenship  ;  (baptized 
by  Bishop  Whittle).  Henry  Douglass  and  Margaret  Bruce,  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  Edwjn  A.  Winn  ;  (baptized  by  Bishop  Whittle.) 
May  5,  Hunter  McGuire,  infant  child  of  John  Bell  Bigger,  six 
months  old  ;  (baptized  by  Eev.  J.  H.  Stringf ellow. ) 


470  History  of  the 

ADULT  BAPTISMS.* 
Commencing  with  184  7. 

1847.— January  24,  Mrs.  Julia  Fisher,  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel 
Shepherd.  March  3,  Miss  Anna  B.  Goodall.  September  4, 
Cynthia,  a  colored  woman,  belonging  to  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon. 

1848.— March  12,  Mrs.  M.  A.,  wife  of  Mr.  Charles  Purcell. 
July  2,  Mr.  Anthony  Robinson,  Jr. 

1849. — January  22,  Mrs.  Eosina  Mordecai.  .  March  11,  Miss 
Janette  Fisher.     March  24,  Mrs.  Eoba  Nimmo. 

1850. --May  12,  Mrs.  Betsy  Bigger. 

1851.— March  2,  Miss  Hester  M.  Goodall.  March  23,  Miss 
Sarah  McCloud.     Mai-ch  28,  Mr.  Wm  H.  Powers,  (by  immer.sion. ) 

1852. — April  25,  Ann  0.  Pendleton.  December  17,  Mrs. 
Emily  Sublett.  Mrs.  Virginia  W.  Chevallie,  (baptized  on  Friday, 
in  Sunday-school  room.)  Mrs.  C.  B.  Luck.  December  18,  Mrs. 
Laura  Stith.     Miss  Sally  E.  Bigger. 

1853. — April  5,  Mrs.  Neale,  of  Westmorland  county,  baptized 
in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  (presumed  by  immersion.)  Novem- 
ber 13,  Eliza  Walker  Howell.  Margaret  Holmes  and  Emeline 
Holland,  members  of  the  Female  Humane  Asylum. 

1854. — April  29,  Maria  Louisa  Clarke,  member  of  the  same  in- 
stitution. June  25,  Maria  Jane  Rolls,  member  of  the  same  in- 
stitution. Sarah  E.  Stevenson,  member  of  the  same  institution. 
Mary  Ann  Stevenson,  member  of  the  same  institution.  Margaret 
,  a  colored  servant  of  Miss  Deb.  Couch. 

185.5.— May  5,  Mary ,  a  member  of  the  Female  Humane 

Asylum.     July  8,  John  Bradley  Cox.     October  21,  Sarah  Bates 
Allen.     October  28,  Margaret  Bigger.     Mary  Doswell. 

1856. —  January  • — ,  Catherine  Fletcher.  Ann  Eliza  Bridg- 
water. Sally  Ferguson.  February  20,  Moses  Branch.  July  13, 
Sarah  Elizabeth.  September  29,  Mary  Eliza  Spraggins,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Female  Humane  Asylum.  October  28,  Mrs.  Mary 
Watkins,  formerly  of  the  Methodist  congregation.  November 
30,  George  W.  Williams ;  his  sponsors  were  Messrs.  G.  D.  Fisher 
and  J.  L.  Bacon. 

1857.— March  3,  Mrs.  Helen,  wife  of  S.  Basset  French.     March 

*  I  can  find  no  record  of  adult  baptisms  for  the  first  year,  say  for  1845 
and  1846,  under  Dr.  Woodbridge's  rectorship  in  the  Monumental  Church. 
His  record  begins  with  1847. 


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Monumental  Church.  471 

6,  Miss  Eliza  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Mr.  Henry  Temple.  June 
21,  Miss  Sally  N.,  daughter  of  Mr.  Hill,  the  druggist.  August 
20,  Arrabella  Virginia  Baxter ;  her  sponsor,  Miss  Martha  Weed. 
October  10,  Agues  Matilda,  a  colored  woman. 

1858. — March  28,  Indiauna,  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel  Freeman. 
Mary  Virginia  Allen.  Lelia  Beers.  June  20,  Elvira  C.  Mander. 
July  — ,  Alice  Winne. 

1859.— April  2G,  Kobert  Powers.     April  27,  Lucy  Ellen  Rawls. 

1860. — March  — ,  Mrs.  Dennison.  October  25,  Mrs.  Jane 
Eliza  Sutton. 

1861.— March  19,  Mary  Elizabeth  Howeth,  a  member  of  the 
Female  Humane  Asylum ;  her  sjjonsors  were  Miss  Mary  Nicolson 
and  Miss  Betty  Harrison.  March  22,  Mrs.  Purcell,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Hermans,  who  was  her  sponsor.  March  21,  Mrs.  Virginia, 
wife  of  Mr.  Watkins ;  her  sponsors  were  Mrs.  Henry  Temple  and 
Miss  Lizzie  T.  Miss  Caroline  Temple  ;  her  sponsors  were  the 
same  as  Mrs.  Watkins'.  August  20,  Orlando  B.  Whiting,  United 
States  soldier  of  the  3Sth  New  York  volunteers,  confined  at 
hospital,  baptized  there,  and  Kev.  Mr.  Slack,  of  Maryland,  his 
sponsor,  age  not  known.  August  22,  Wm.  W.  Wadley,  of  the 
2nd  Maine  regiment,  Bangor,  confined  at  the  hospital,  baptized 
there  by  Kev.  Mr.  Slack,  of  Maryland,  and  Kev.  Anderson 
Wade,  of  Charles  City  county,  his  sponsor:  age  unknown. 
August  24,  Nicolson  Asa  Corson,  27th  New  York  regiment,. 
Chesemung  county  ;  no  sponsors,  and  age  unknown,  by  Rev. 
George  Woodbridge,  of  Moniimeutal  Church. 

1862. — May  7,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Norton,  wife  of  Norborne  Norton  ; 
her  husband,  Mrs.  Lucy  M.  and  Miss  Nannie  F.  Norton,  her 
sponsors.     Jt^ly  6,  Horace  P.  Edmond,  twenty-six  years  old. 

1863.— May  13,  Mrs.  White.  Mrs.  Hawu.  September  13,. 
Charles  Abram,  son  of  Mrs.  Purcell,  about  twenty-two  years  old; 
Mrs.  Purcell  his  sponsor.  September  27,  Leroy  Hamilton,  son 
of  Mrs.  Redwood,  of  Mobile,  thirty-two  years  old,  and  Miss 
Richardson  his  sponsor.  October  28,  Davis  Abbott  Spencer,  age 
unknown  ;  Mrs.  James  W.  Twyman  his  sponsor. 

1864. — April  3,  Mrs  Mary  Ann  Hays,  about  thirty  years  old. 
December  12,  John  Sparrow  Martin,  about  forty  years  old,  of 
Franklin  county,  Va. ,  wounded,  and  at  Chimborazo  hospital,  very 
ill. 

1865. — February  3,  William  Sims,  seventy  years  old  in  March  ; 


47^  History  of  the 

he  bad  been  educated  and  lived  as  a  Baptist,  (clerical  baptism.; 
February  i:i,  Henry  Tucker  Parrisb,  about  thirty-five  years  old, 
no  sponsor.  April  1,  Anderson  DoUahide,  about  forty  years  old, 
(ill  at  Chimborazo  hospital,)  Miss  M.  E.  Rowland  and  Miss  Eag- 
nal  his  sponsors.  April  2,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C.  Finley,  about  thirty 
years  old,  (a  refugee  from  Petersburg:)  her  sister  and  Mr.  Thos. 
U.  Dudley  were  her  sponsors. 

18GG. — July  22.  Miss  Marietta  Gary,  about  twenty-one  years 
old;  Miss  Mary  E.  Eisher  her  sponsor.  November  4,  Nath'l 
Tiernan  "Walta,  about  twenty-five  years  old  ;  Mr.  A.  L.  "West  and 
Dr.  Little  his  sponsors. 

1867. — July  14,  James  Heury  Grafton,  about  thirty  years  old; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  L.  Maule  and  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher  his  spon- 
sors. September  29,  Eveline  Bedford,  about  forty  years  old  ; 
Miss  Mary  Whitcomb  and  Mrs  E.ahni  her  sponsors. 

18GS.— April  12,  Thomas  L.,  son  of  Mr.  Thomas  M.  Alfrieud, 
about  twenty -four  years  old  ;  his  father  sick,  and  no  sponsor  pre- 
sent. June  8,  James  Wrenn,  aged  sixty-three,  and  his  wife, 
Macelliua,  sick  and  deaf,  but  earnest,  aged  fifty-eight,  (baptized 
at  home.)  October  11,  Mattie,  daughter  of  Charles  B.  Stacy, 
born  22nd  Januar^^  184.5. 

1869.— March  20,  Mrs.  Helen  Farley,  about  fifty  years  old  ; 
Mrs.  Bell  Mayo,  Mrs.  Willie  Mayo,  and  Miss  Bull  her  sponsors. 
December  12,  Mrs.  Mary  New,  about  forty  years  old;  Miss  Helen 
King  her  sponsor. 

1870. — March  27,  Mrs.  Anna  Woodj',  about  forty  years  old  ; 
TVIiss  Sai-ah  Branch,  her  sponsor.  April  15,  Mrs.  Amanda  Mal- 
vina  Clark,  fortj'-five  j'ears  old,  her  mother  as  sponsor.  May  6, 
■John  Strother  Calvert,  fifty-five  years  old,  -and  baptized  on  his 
death  bed. 

1871. — February  19,  Lucy  H.  Berrian,  about  twenty-six  yeai-s 
old ;  Mr.  Berrian  and  Mrs.  Livingston,  her  sponsors.  March  18, 
Mrs.  Erricson,  about  thirty  years  old ;  very  ill,  no  sjjonsor. 
March  21,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Friend,  about  forty  years  old,  (at 
home  sick  ;)  Mrs.  McRae  and  Dr.  Knox  her  sponsors.  March  25, 
James  Atkinson  Inloes,  about  fifty-five  years  old  ;  his  sponsor  was 
Miss  Susan  Inloes.  April  1,  Mrs.  Jane  Eliza  Heath,  about  forty 
years  old  ;  no  sponsor  named.  April  4,  Julia  Hudson  Brangford, 
about  twenty-two  years  old  ;  Mrs.  Sturgis,  her  sponsor.  Florence 
Lyle,  daughter  of  Joseph  Allen,   deceased,    about  twenty  years 


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old.  May  20,  Thomas  McGiffiu,  thirty-five  years  old,  and  prisoner 
under  sentence  of  death  for  murder. 

1872.— March  10,  Adele  Crozet,  daughter  of  Dr.  C.  S.  Mills, 
about  twenty-three  years  old  ;  Dr.  Mills  and  Mrs.  Lockerman  as 
her  sponsors.  March  12,  Elizabeth  Jordan  Wild,  about  fiftj' 
years  of  age;  no  sponsors  named.  March  20,  Aminta  Williams 
Frischkorn,  about  twenty-eight  years  old ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cot- 
trell  her  sponsors.  March  22,  Eobert  Lindsay  Dickinson,  about 
fifty-five  years  old,  (at  home,  ill.)  March  25,  Adelaide  Mc- 
Naught,  a  colored  woman,  aged  about  fifty,  (at  home,  ill.) 
March  27,  Mrs.  Claudia,  wife  of  Dr.  Charles  S.  Mills,  about  fifty 
years  old ;  her  husband  as  sponsor.  Nicholas,  son  of  Dr.  C.  S. 
Mills,  about  twenty-four  years  old ;  his  father  as  his  sponsor. 
November  24,  Fanny,  daughter  of  Jasper  Johann,  about  twenty- 
two  years  old,  and  Matilda  F. ,  of  same,  about  twenty  years  old. 

1873.— March  2(;,  Mrs.  L.  D.  Crenshaw,  daughter  of  Mr.  Wm.  M. 
Sutton.  April  3,  Kate  Seymour  Winn,  daughter  of  Mr.  Henry 
Exall,  about  twenty-four  years  old  ;  her  sponsors  were  her  hus- 
band, Mrs.  C.  O.  Winn,  and  Mr.  James  H.  Gardner.  May  18, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Brown  Graves,  about  fifty-one  years  old,  and  her 
sponsor  Mr.  G.  D.  Fisher. 

1874.^April  12,  "Richard  Willis  Thorn,  twenty-five  years  of 
age,  and  his  sponsors  were  Mrs.  and  Miss  D.  Thorn,  and  Mr.  G. 
D.  Fisher.  James  Fontain  Thurston,  forty  years  old,  and  his 
wife  as  sponsor. 

1876. — March  2*),  Hannah  Butze,  twenty-four  years  old,  Mrs. 
Eahm  her  sponsor;  and  Mera  Butze,  about  twenty  years  old, 
with  same  sponsor.  James  P.  Duval,  fifty-five  years  old,  with 
Mrs.  Philip  Duval  as  his  sponsor.  April  1."),  Martha  Saunders, 
twenty-one  j'ears  old  ;  Mrs.  Rahm  as  her  sponsor.  Mrs.  Julia 
Waddy  Coleman,  twenty-eight  years  old ;  Miss  Woodbridge  and 
Miss  Sally  Clarke  as  her  sponsors. 

1877. — March  25,  Louisa  A.  Crawford,  fifty  years  old  ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Blakey  as  her  sponsors.  Miss  Janette  Le  Point  Nott,  twen- 
ty-five years  old ;  Mr.  Harrold  and  Mrs.  Bowen  her  sponsors. 
Mrs.  Virginia  Alice  Crittchfield,  forty  years  old  ;  Mrs.  Bowen  her 
sponsor.  April  20,  Andrew  Neale  Clarke,  about  forty  years  old  ; 
Mr.  G.  D.  Fisher  his  sponsor. 

Adult  Baptisms  reported  to  Convention  of  1878  :  April  17, 
A.  Rufus  Yarbrough  ;  Charles  Alfred  Crawford:  (by  Bishop 
Whittle,  at  night,  in  Monumental  Church.) 


4:74  History  of  the 

CONFIRMATIONS 

Held  in  the  Monumental  Chukch  under  the  Rectoeship  of 

Key.  Geoege  Woodbkidge,  commencing  in  1846. 

1840. 

By  Bishop  Johus. — April  5. 

Mrs.  Dyer.  Mrs.  James  A.  Snell. 

Mrs.  Henry  Fisher. 

1847. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — On  Good  Friday,  April  2. 
Mrs.    David  S.  Burr.  Miss  Anna  B.  Goodall. 

Miss  Margaret  Clemmit.  Mrs.  Hodijah  Meade. 

Mrs.  David  Fisher.  Mr.  William  Harmer. 

1848. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — March  2G. 

Mr.  Augusta  Braxton.  Miss Tabb,  of  Gloucester 

Miss  Matilda  McNemara.  county. 

Mrs.  Susan  A.  Toler.  Miss  -  —  Yeatman,  of  same. 

1849. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — Aj^ril  1. 

Mr.  Chevers.  Mrs.  W.  E.  C.  Nye. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Fry.  Mr.  Anthony  Kobiuson,  Jr. 

Miss  Janette  Fisher.  Miss Steubergen. 

Mrs.  Hitchcock.  Mrs.  George  Weed. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Loudcm.  "      John  Womble. 

Mr.  W.  E.  C.  Nye. 

1850. 
By  Bishop  Meade.— May  22. 
Mrs.  Betsy  Bigger.  Mrs.  Philip  Rahm. 

Miss  Emily  Carmichael.  Mr.  Sullivan. 

*'      Mary  Elmslie  Fisher.  Cajitain  Andrew  Talcott. 

•'      Mag.  Scott  Macmurdo.  Mr.  Charles  Talcott. 

"     Eliza  Meade.  Miss  Harriet  Talcott. 

"     Eoba  Nimmo.  "      Mary  Talcott. 

1851. 
By  Bishop  Johns.  —  March  30. 

Di".  Coleman.  Mrs.  Carter  Johnson. 

Mrs.  Drew.  Miss  Sarah  McCloud. 

Miss  Laura  Fisher.  "      Lucy  Ann  Macon. 

"      Hester  M.  Goodall.  "     Sarah  Macmurdo. 


Monumental  Church. 


475- 


Miss  Sophia  Nowlaud.  Miss Randolph. 

Mr.  Pennyf eather.  Mrs.  Saunders. 

Mr.  WiUiam  H.  Powers. 

Note. — No  confirmations  reported  by  him  in  1852. 


1853. 
By  Bishop' Johns. 


-March  19. 


Mrs.  John  W.  Atkinson. 
Miss  Sally  Bigger. 

Mrs.  ■ ■  Clopton. 

Miss  Pocahontas  Clarke. 
Mrs.  John  Chevallie. 

Miss Collin. 

"      Evans. 

Mr.  Thomas  Foster. 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Luck. 

Mr.  Meade. 

Miss  Gertrude  Macmurdo. 


Miss Mussen. 

Mrs.  Charles  Purcell. 

"      Pendleton. 

' '      Ira  Parker. 

"     John  G.  Robert. 

Miss Stagg. 

Mrs.  John  Stith. 

"     John  T.  Sublett. 

Miss Thomas. 

Mrs. Tazewell. 


1854:. 

By  Bishop  Johns. 


-April 


Miss  Mary  E.  Macmurdo. 
Mrs.  Wm.  L.  Maule. 
Mr.  Christopher  Robinson, 
Miss  Mary  Ross. 
Mr.  John  Tyler. 

"    Randolph  Talcott. 
Miss  Sarah  E.  Woodbridge, 

"     Julia  Warwick. 


Mrs.  Brazeal. 

Miss  Sarah  Branch. 
Mr.  Wm.  F.  Davis. 
Miss  Anne  Fisher. 

"     Anna  S.  Foster. 

"     E.  Walker  Howell. 

"     Emeline  Hollins. 

"     E.  Hackley. 

"      Margaret  Holmes. 

Note. — No  report  of  confirmations  by  Dr.  W.  in  1855. 
1850. 
By  Bishop  Meade. — November  4. 
Sarah  Bates  Allen.  George  C.  Hobson. 

Mag.  Alvey.  Mary  Louisa  Morris. 

Margaret  Bigger.  Mary  Ann  N. 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Cole.  Maria  Jane  Rolls. 

John  B.  Coxe.  Susan  Richardson. 

Mary  Doswell.  Frank  Smyth. 

Susan  Glassel.  Franklin  Thomas. 

Fanny  Goodv/in.  Elizabeth  N.  Woodbridge. 


476 


HiSTOKY  OF  THE 


Dr. 


Mrs. 


By  Bishop  Johns,  at  St.  Paul's  Church.— October  28. 

Addiugtou.  William  Weed,  (of  Monumental 

congregation.) 
1857. 
Bj'  Bishop  Johns.  — March  8. 


Ambler. 

"      John  Bigger. 

"     —  Bush. 

"     Babcock. 

Mr.  S.  Basset  French. 
Mrs.  Helen  B.  French. 
Miss  Sally  Fergusson. 
Mrs.  Steptoe  Harrison. 
'*      Josephine  Haywood. 


Mr.  Lindsay. 

Miss.  Ann  Lindsay. 
Mr.  Wm.  L.  Maule. 
William  Nolting. 
Miss  Sarah  H.  Smith. 

"      Eleanor  M.  Smith. 

"      E.  Charlotte  Temple. 
Mr.  George  W.  Williams. 


1858. 
By  Bishop  Meade. — April  IS. 


Miss  Virginia  Allen. 
Mrs.  Virginia  Benson. 

"     Anthony  Burgwyn. 
Miss  Lelia  Beers. 

"     Adeline  Deane. 
Mrs.  E.  Dudley. 
Mr.  Harvey  Dudley. 
Miss  Indianna  Freeman. 

"      Gray. 

"     Lettie  Gregor-y. 

"      Ann  Harvie. 

Mr.  ■ Hartman. 

Miss  Emily  Harvie. 

Note. — Mr.  Thomas  U.  Dudley  was  confirmed  in  Petersburg, 
in  1857,  and  Miss ■  Macmurdo  at  St.  Paul's  Chvirch,  in  Rich- 
mond, but  both  members  of  the  Monumental  Church  congrega- 
tion. 

1859. 

First  Sunday  after  Easter. 
Mr.  Tyler  Edwards. 


Miss  Sally  Hill. 

"     Lottie  Meade. 

"     E.  Macmurdo. 

Mr.  Richard  Macmurdo. 

"     John  Pickett. 
Miss  Margaret  Reguault. 

"      Kate  Reguault. 

Mr.  Smith. 

Miss  Lizzie  Tyler. 

"      Anne  Wallace. 

Mrs.  Webster. 

Martha ,  (a  colored  woman.) 


By  Bishops  Johns, 
Miss  Sally  Allen. 

Mr.  Barksdale. 

■Miss  Mary  Bigger. 

"      Cora  Bolton. 

"     Parke  Chamberlayne. 


Miss  Agnes  Haxall. 
Mr.  James  Johnson. 
Miss  Charlotte  Nolting. 
Mrs.  Mary  Purcell. 


Monumental  Church.  477 

Mr.  Robert  Powers.  Mrs.  George  Starrett. 

Miss  Lncy  Ellen  Rolls.  Mr.  •  Young. 

Mr.  George  Starrett. 

In  addition,  three  persons  were  presented  by  Rev.  \Vm.  Wilmer. 

1860. 
By  Bishop  Meade. — April  8. 

Mrs.  Dennison.  Mrs.  Peyton  Johnston. 

" English.  Miss  Lidia  Macon. 

"     Herman.  "      Lizzie  Robinson. 

Miss  E.  Harriet  Haxall.  "      Millicent  Snell. 

"      Virginia  Hankins.  "      Virginia  Scott. 

1861. 
By  Bishop  Johns.  —March  24. 
Miss  Nannie  Dade.  Miss  Kathleen  Macmurdo. 

"     Ann  Easby.  Mrs.  Jane  Eliza  Sutton. 

"     Mary  Jane  Fordham.  "      Charles  Talcott. 

"      Mary  E.  Gibson.  Miss  Sally  Taliaferro. 

"      Mary  E.  Howarth.  "      Caroline  Temple. 

Mrs.  Pamila  Hobson.  "      Esma  Watkins. 

Mr.  Lancaster.  Mrs.  Virginia  Watkins. 

Miss  Rose  Macmurdo.  Mr.  Williams. 

"     Josephine  Macon. 

By  Bishop  Johns. — December  22. 

Mrs.  Bromwell.  Mr.  Norborne  Norton. 

Miss Carr.  Miss  Georgia  Nye. 

Mr.  Wm.  Chambers.  Mrs.  Harriet  Purcell. 

Mrs.  Jones.  Mr.  Samuel  Tyler. 

Miss  Mary  H.  Lawson.  Miss.  Alice  Womble. 

By  Bishop  Johns. — December  2-t, 

Mrs.  Watkins,  confirmed  at  home,  and  ill. 

1862. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — May  11. 

Dr.  Brewer.  Mr.  Mills. 

Miss  Harriet  Dickens.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Norton. 

Lieut.  Robert  Minor.  Miss  Martha  Rahm. 

By  Bishop  Johns. — May  25. 
Lieut.  Walter  R.  Butt.  Mrs.  Henrietta  Mills. 

Mrs. Harris.  Col.  Pendor. 

Mr.  Gordon  McCabe. 


478 


HiSTOKY  OF  THE 


1863. 
By  Bishop  Johns. - 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Brown. 


-March  4. 


May 
Miss  Nannie  M.  Dabney. 

' '     Fairfax. 
James  B.  Grayson,  (presented 

by  Kev.  Mr.  Peterkin.) 
Samuel  H.  Lynn,  of  Maryland, 
(presented  by  Rev.  Mr.  Pe- 
terkin. ) 

Mrs.  Hawn. 

"      Virginia  Howlett. 
"      Edgar  Macon. 

" Lockermau. 

Mr.    ■ McBride. 


24. 

Miss  Nannie  Macmurdo. 

"      Fannie  Minor. 
Mrs.  Santos. 

"      Wm.  Ira  Smith. 
Dr.  Wm.  T.  Sutton,  Jr. 
Miss  Nannie  Eobinson,  of  King 

William  county. 
Miss  Sally  F.  Thornton. 

"     Margaret     Taliaferro,     of 
Gloucester  county. 

Mrs. White. 

Miss  Maria  Wright. 


1864. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — April  3. 


Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Allen. 

Miss  Julia  Branch. 

Richard  Channing  Bolton,   (at 

St.  James'  Church.) 
Mr.  C.  R.  Ghapin. 
Miss  Anna  M.  Deane. 
Mr.  Charles  C.  Crane. 

"    J.  B.  Herman. 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Hill. 

"     Ellen  Hill. 


Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Hays. 
Miss  Virginia  Johnson. 

"      Mary  Johnson. 

"      Virginia  Johnson. 
Genl.  James  L.  Kemper. 
Miss  Lizzie  Price. 

"     Hattie  Masters. 
Captain  Peyton  Randolph. 
Miss  Caroline  Rahm. 
Mr.  J.  E.  Smith. 


1865. 
By  Bishop  Johns. 


-June  25. 


Mr.  Benj.  T.  August. 
Miss  Fannie  Evans. 
Mr.  George  S.  Fitzhugh. 
Miss  Isabella  Forsyth. 

"      Esther  Forsyth. 
Mr.  Edward  H.  Fisher. 

"    Robert  H.  Fisher. 

"    Charles  Gravitt. 


Miss  Lucy  Gravitt. 

"     Mary  Hall. 

"  Eliza  HaU. 
Mr.  C.  D.  Rice. 
Miss  Mary  Jane  Taylor. 

"     Mary  N.  Woodbridge. 

"      Julia  C.  Woodbridge. 


Monumental  Church. 


479 


186G. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — April  8. 


IMiss  Josephine  Brown. 

"      Willie  A.  Brown. 

Mrs.  Brown. 

Mr.  James  Bolton. 

"    Charles  Bolton. 
.  "    John  Morton  Biirton. 
Miss  Lizzie  Deane. 

"      Mary  Fields. 

"      Lizzie  Fields. 

"     Fannie  French, 

"     Nellie  French. 

"     Mary  P.  Gardner. 

"      Charlotte  Haxall. 

April  10. 
IMiss  Catherine  Walker,  (at  St.  James'.) 

1867. 
By  Bishop  Johns. — April  21 


Miss  Maria  Isabella  Jones. 

"      Fanny  Macon. 
Mrs.  Mary  Bell  Macon. 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  H.  Powers. 

"    Alfred  Poindexter. 
Mrs.  Alfred  Poindexter. 

"     Wm.  Munday  Poindexter. 
Miss  Alexina  Pecor. 

"      Lelia  Pleasants. 

"      Maria  P.  Taylor, 

"      Mary  Whitcomb. 
Nannie  Young. 


Mrs. 


Miss 


Mr. 


Bradley. 

Cooke. 

James  R.  V.  Daniel. 

" Isaacs. 

"  Peter  H.  Mayo. 
TVIiss  Emma  Purcell. 
Mrs. Pitts. 


Miss  Patty  Price. 
"      Emma  Eahm. 
"      Adelaide  Stratton. 
"      Mary  Kate  Temple. 
•'      Florence  Temple. 
"      Lizzie  Van  Winkle. 


1868. 
By  Bishop  Johns. 


-April  9. 


Mr.  Thomas  L.  Alfriend. 
Miss  Maria  Bolton. 
Mr.  James  Henry  Grafton. 
Captain  Felix  Cave. 
Miss  Alice  C.  Cave. 

"      Helen  Cave. 

"     Ellen  Nott  Harrold. 
Mr.  Hodijah  Meade. 
Miss  Bell  Newby. 

May  10. 
Miss  Eliona  Skelton  and  Miss  Alice  Powers,  of  Monumental 
-Church,    were    confirmed,  by   Bishop     Whittle,    in    St.    James' 
Ohurch. 


Miss  Eveline  Bedford, 

"     Kate  Skelton. 

"      Nannie  J.  Snell. 
Mr.  John  G.  Williams. 

Miss Wycoff. 

Mrs.- Wise. 

Miss  Elizabeth  L.  Trent,  (from 
St.  James'  Church.) 


480 


History  of  the 


18G9. 
By  Bishop  Whittle.— March  24. 


Mr.  Philip  Allen. 
Mrs.  Phihp  Allen. 

Mrs.  Bapty. 

Ml'.  Jackson  Bolton,  (confirmed 
at  High  School,  Alexandria.) 
Miss  Lucy  Norton  Fisher. 
"      Julia  Finney. 

Mrs. Farley. 

Miss  Mary  V.  Graham. 
Mr.  Robert  Harrold. 
Mrs.  Phebe  Hitchcock. 
Miss  Fanny  Haxall. 
General Lane. 


Mr.  W.  S.  P.  Mayo. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Marshall. 
Mr.  Lewellyne  W.  McVeigh. 
Miss  Nina  Neeson. 

" Neeson. 

"      Willie  Kadcliffe. 

"      Jessina  Roach. 

"      Laura  V.  Redford. 

Mi'S.  Van  Winkle. 

Mr.  James  Wren. 
Marcellina  Wi-en. 
Mrs.  Wooddy. 


By  Bishop  Johns. - 

Miss  Lizzie  Bigger. 
"     Ann  Phillips  Bennett, 
"      Charlotte  Bigger. 

Mr.  Wm.  Chapin. 

Mrs. Clarke. 

Mr.  James  E.  Doran. 

Miss Doran. 

"      Daniel. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Doswell. 

Miss  Anna  Florence. 

Mr.  Francis  E.  Habersham. 

Mr.  Livingston. 


1870. 
-Easter  Sundaj,  April  17. 

Mrs.  Livingston. 

Miss  Melissa  Mays. 

"      Isabella  N.  Meriwether. 

"      Sarah  Martha  Neeson. 
Mr.  Thomas  Poindexter. 

"    George  Rufiin. 
Miss  Irene  L.  Stearns. 
Mr.  Meade  Skelton. 

Mrs. Trainer. 

Mrs.  Williams. 

Miss  Melissa  Williams. 
Mrs.  Anna  Wooddy. 


By  Bishop  Whittle.— April  21. 
Mr.  H.  C.  Emerson.  Mi's.  Anna  S.  Emerson. 


By  Bishop  Whittle. - 
Miss  Kate  Adams. 

"      Florence  Allen. 

Mrs.  Berrian. 

Miss  Julia  Brentsford. 

"     Mary  Crowe. 
Mr.  Andrew  Dowd. 
Dr.  Charles  Friend. 


1871. 
-Tuesday  Night  before  Easter. — April  4. 
Mrs.  Charles  Friend. 
Miss  Emma  Florence. 
Mr.  Samuel  Freedley. 
Mrs.  Jane  Eliza  Heath. 
Miss  Julia  Gardner. 
Ml.  James  Inloes. 
Mr.  J.  Boykin  Lee. 


Monumental  Chur(;h. 


481 


Mrs.  J.  Boykiu  Lee. 
Miss  Sally  Maule. 

Mrs.  New. 

Miss  Emma  Stith. 

Mr.  Charles  K.  Skinker. 


Mrs.  Randolph  Talcott. 

"      George  N.  Woodb ridge. 
Miss  Kate  


1872. 
By  Bishop  Johns. 


Octavia  C.  Robinson,  (be- 
longs to  St.  James'  Church.) 


Mrs.  Adams. 

Miss  Helen  Bennett. 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Dickinson. 

"    Aminta  Frischkorn. 
Miss  Amelia  Frischkorn. 

' '     Anna  Estelle  Farian. 

' '     Maria  Heath. 
Mr.  William  Jones. 

Mr.  Lathrop. 

Dr.  Charles  S.  Mills. 
Mrs.  Claudia  N.  Mills. 
Miss  Adele  Crozet  Mills. 


March  31. 
Mr.  Nicholas  Mills. 

" Morris. 

Miss  Adelaide  McNaught. 
Mr.  William  Norwood. 
Miss  Nannie  Bell  Maury. 
Mr.  James  Tyler. 

"    Henry  Tyler. 

"    William  C.  Thaw. 
Mr.  John  Whitcomb. 

"    Wright. 

Miss  Olivia  William.s, 


By  Bishop  Whittle. - 
Miss  Emily  Augustine. 
"      Lillie  Baker. 
"     Clara  Baker. 
"     Anna  Bigger. 
"     Ellona  Estelle  Chapin, 
"      Lucinda  Gittings. 
"     Virginia  Hall. 
"      Matilda  F.  Johann. 
"      Fanny  Johann. 
"      Mary  Powers. 
"      Eebecca  Bobinson. 


1873. 
Wednesday  in  passion  week. — April  9. 
Mr.  J.  Holcomb  Roy  all. 

"    Leon  Thurston. 

' '    Walter  Williams. 
Mrs.  Kate  Seymour  Winn. 
Miss  Josephine  Withers. 

"      Kate  Withers. 

"      Ellen  Withers. 

"     Minnie  Whitcomb. 

"      Kate  Whitcomb. 

"      Rachael  Womble.. 


1874. 
By  Bishop  Johns.—  April  19. 

Mrs.  Ball,  Mr.  Herman  New. 

' '     Sue  Crenshaw.  Mrs.  Thomas  Potts.. 

Miss  Sally  Doswell.  Miss  Ella  Smith. 

Mr.  Edwin  Green.  Mr.  Slater. 

Mrs. Graves.  Miss  Mary  Stewart. 

Miss Howard.  Mrs.  Abigail  Whitcomb, 

"      Ruth  Howard.  Miss  Judith  Watkins. 

31 


482 


History  of  the 


Miss  Serena  Adams. 
Mr.  Thomas  Atkinson. 

"    Wm.  Bigger. 

"    Horace  P.  Edmond 
Miss  Julia  Freeman. 
Mr.  Alexander  Guigon. 
Miss  Susie  McDowell. 


1875.— March  26 
Mrs.  - 


Saunders. 

Miss Stanard. 

Mrs.  Henry  Tyler. 
Miss  Laura  Yancey  Wright. 
Mr.  George  N.  Woodbridge. 
"    Doswell  Walker. 


1876. 
By  Bishop  Whittle. —April  19. 


Mr.  Clodomer  Burton. 
Miss  Minnie  Butze. 
"      Hannah  Butze. 
"     Peggy  Bigger. 

Mrs.  Brooks. 

:  "     Julia  Wooddy  Coleman. 
Miss  Sophia  Clarke,  Cconfirmed 
in  Maryland.) 

Mrs.  Ellison. 

"     Virgiiiia  Gentry. 
Miss  Susie  Graves. 

1877. 
By  Bishop  Whittle.— March  28. 


Mrs.  Philip  Haxall. 
Miss  Ida  Matthews. 

"     Elvira  K.  Nowell. 

"      Ann  Powers. 

"     Lucy  Powers. 

"     Martha  Saunders. 

' '      Margaret  Snell. 

"      Mary  Ann  Skelton. 
Wilde. 
-  Wai'ren. 


Mr. 
Mrs 


Mr.  Hilary  Baker, 

Miss  Sarah  Bailey. 

"     Lucy  Bigger. 
Mrs.  Virginia  Alice  Crutchfield. 

' '     Louisa  A.  Crawford. 

•]yj;r.  Clarke. 

Miss Denoon. 

"     Sarah  Harvie. 


Mrs.  Miller. 

Miss  Janette  LePoint  Nott. 
Mr.  Dudley  Powers. 

Miss Pecor. 

Mr.  Nicholas  Buffin. 

Mrs.  Nicholas  Ruffin. 

Mr.  Wm.  Robert  Saunders. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Gertrude  Taylor. 


This  was  the  last  confirmation  prior  to  the  death  of  Dr.  Wood- 
'bridge,  on  the  I4th  February,  1878. 

•OoNFiEMATioNS  in  April,  1878,  included  in  Parochial  Report  by 

Senior  Warden,  for  this  year. 
Miss  Ellen  C.  London,  aged  12,  reported  by  Miss  Mary  A  Fulton 

by  authority  of  Rev.  Mr.  Robert  Gibson. 
Mr.  Anderson  Clarke,  his  sponsor  George  D.  Fisher. 
Miss  Virginia  Hurd,  aged  16,  by  Mrs.  Crouch. 


Monumental  Church.  483 


Miss  Stella  Hagau,  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Fulton. 

Mrs.  Lettie  Blaukinship,  by  Miss  Hellen  Kiug. 

Miss  Jennie  Whitcomb,  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Fulton. 

Mrs.  Bettie  B.  Harvey,  by  Mr.  "Woodbi-idge. 

Miss  Eliza  Meade,  13  years  old,  by  her  father. 

Miss  Lizzie  Roddy,  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Fulton. 

Miss  Julia  Smith,  by  same. 

Miss  Sarah  Exall,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Weddel. 

Miss  Alice  Maurj^,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Kepler. 

Mr.  A.  Rufus  Yarbrough. 

Mr.  Charles  Alfred  Crawford. 


MARRIAGES 

From  Parochial  Record  book  of  Monumental  Church,  com- 
mencing IN  December,  1845,  and  extending  to  the  death  of 
Rev.  Geo.  Woodbkidge,  14th  February,  1878. 
1845. — December  23,  Garrett  G.  Alburger  to  Frances  Tyndall. 
1846.— January   20,   Enoch  T.   Reynolds   to  Ann   E.   Batley. 
May  7,  John  G.  Skelton,  M.  D.,  to  Mary  Ann  Meade.     May  17, 
George   Bartlan   to   Mary  E.   Patterson,    (at  church.)     June  3, 
Samuel  Patterson,    M.   D.,   to   Hypatia   McRae.      July   9,   Mr. 
Terrett  to  Elizabeth  Payne.     October  15,  Thomas  S.  Riddick  to 
Hannah  M.  Greanor.     December  17,  Wm.  S.  Thaw  to  Helen  C. 
Brooks. 

1847. — January  20,  Thomas  Jewett,  Jr.,  to  Christian  Barton. 
January  21,  Samuel  Goulding  to  Mary  Ann  Marshall.  January 
28,  Wm.  D.  Merriwether,  M.  D.,  to  Phebe  Ann  Philips  Gardner. 
August  10,  James  Flynn  to  Catherine  Emerich.  September  30, 
John  Harrold  to  Frances  Shine.  December  30,  Thomas  Hay- 
wood to  Josephine  Perkins. 

1848. — January  27,  James  C.  Stockin  to  Jane  F.  Foster,  (at 
church.)  April  18,  Helenor  Henley  to  Elanor  Mitchell,  (colored.) 
March  18,  Wm.  H.  Powers  to  Mary  B.  Johnston.  June  27, 
Joseph  E.  Walker  to  Mary  Ann  Kersey.  July  12,  Robert  J. 
Woodson  to  Bettie  M.  Crouch.  November  8,  Rev.  H.  String- 
fellow  to  Camilla  Harris.  December  14,  Joseph  H.  James  to 
Sarah  Gennett. 


484  History  of  the 

184:9. — February  8,  J.  W.  Brausford  to  Catherine  Beers.  March 
15,  John  C.  F.  Bennett  to  Mary  C.  P.  Gardner.  May  24,  Wm. 
H.  H.  Gardner  to  Julia  L.  Wight.  June  12,  Dr.  James  Sizer  to 
Mary  Ann  Beers.  June  19,  Sainiiel  L.  Shannan  to  Frances  White. 
June  27,  William  Daly  to  Charlotte  Jackson,  (colored.) 

1849.— July  .5,  John  F.  Stith  to  Laura  Browu.  August  2,  Wm. 
L.  Maule  to  Ella  Jane  Eegnault.  September  2,  Richard  Forsy 
to  Maria  Webber.  October  18,  John  O.  Parker  to  Eebecca  Yar- 
rington.     November  3,  Daniel  Y.  Bowen  to  Virginia  Bargamiu. 

1850. — April  7,  Anderson  to  Lucina,  (colored.)  May  3,  Adam 
Schmitt  to  Louisa  Schuman.  July  15,  Ernest  Ehnegott  Kurth 
to  Ernestine  Minesch.  July  18,  Patrick  Albert  Cross  to  Pocha- 
hontas  Judah,  (free  colored.)  September  17,  Andrew  Johnson 
to  Eosina  W.  Greaner.  November  24,  Jefferson  Jones  to  Eliza- 
beth, (colored.) 

1851. — March  2,  Thomas  to  Grace — slaves — (colored.)  June 
7,  John  H.  Allen  to  Lucinda  Perry.  October  6,  Eev.  Wm.  J. 
Zimmer,  of  Georgia  to  Juliett  Ellis  Nimmo. 

1852. — January  8,  Edmund  A.  Crenshaw  to  Marj'  C.  Eobinson. 
April  8,  Johanna  Feller  to  Catherine  Shriek.  May  12,  Wm.  M. 
Isbell  to  Mary  Eliza  McGehe.  June  15,  Dr.  Spicer  Patrick  to 
Virginia  Harvie.  August  9,  Wm.  T.  Blair  to  Jane  R.  Mills. 
September  14,  Eobert  A.  Saunders  to  Lucy  W.  Randolph.  Oc- 
tober 18,  John  H.  Timberlake  to  Elizabeth  F.  Caysent. 

1853. — Januai-y  18,  Charles  Armstrong  to  Frances  Forsyth. 
February  15,  Thomas  Cowan  to  Susan  Beers.  March  10,  Rev. 
Anderson  Wade  to  Susan  C.  Harvie.  October  4,  Edward  E. 
Dudley  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Branch.     October  17,  Moses  Ellyson 

to  Frances  T.  Reguault.     November  3,  Charles  Carter  to , 

(colored.)  November  8,  Edward  Warren  to  Janette  Fisher,  (by 
Rev.  Andrew  Fisher,  at  church.)  Dr.  Thomas  M.  Page  to  Lucy 
Rosaha  Brown. 

1854. — January  12,  James  M.  Quick  to  Caroline  C.  Allen. 
January  25,  Louis  Picot  to  Catherine  M.  Monde.  February  1, 
Wm.  Price  to  Ann  Eliza  Harris,  (colored.)  February  2,  Alfred 
A.  Heath  to  Eliza  Ann  Rowls.  February  28,  Charles  Bullock,  of 
Philadelphia,  to  Margaret  C.  Robinson.  ]\Iay  5,  Wm.  E.  Butler 
to  Lucy  Ann  Smith.  June  6,  Ophelia  to  William,  (colored.) 
July  20,  Albert  L.  Lindsay  to  Virginia  .A.  Baber.  September 
20,    Thomas   Butler   to   Ehza   Shipley.     September   21,    Josiah 


Monumental  Church.  485 

Bray  to  Mary  Collins.     October  — ,  Titus  Short  to  Betsy  , 

(colored.)  October  17,  Felix  A.  Cave  to  Ellen  Ann  Macon, 
^at  church.)  October  19,  Edward  C.  Minor  to  Ann  Amoss.  No- 
vember 8,  George  M.  Peunybaker  to  I.  Egbertine  Worthen,  (by 
Kev.  George  Woodbridge,  at  St.  James'  church.)  November  15, 
J.  H.  Walk  to  Harriet  .Jane  Snell,  (at  church.)  November  17, 
Richard  Roberts  to  Ann  Obrien.  December  1,  Andrew  W. 
Forsyth  to  Mary  Broderick.  December  27,  Anders  to  Patsy, 
(colored. ) 

1855. — January  31,  George  C.  Howard  to  Elizabeth  H.  Mc- 
Connell,  (at  St.  .James  Church,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Woodbridge.)  Feb- 
ruary 7,  Edward  M.  Norvell  to  Sallie  R.  Bigger.  February  15 
Jacob  to  Lucy,  (colored  servants  of  Mr.  McCance.)  March  30, 
Jamison  to  Sarah,  (colored,  at  Mrs.  Price's.)  April  10,  Francis 
W.  Chamberlayne  to  Virginia  Haues.  May  24,  Samuel  H.  Gor- 
don to  Ann  B.  Blair.  July  IS,  Horace  Yassaway  to  Maria  H, 
Prevail,  (free  colox-ed.)  July  25,  James  Armstrong  to  Mrs.  Ann 
Broderick.  August  2,  Fortiscue  S.  Hopkins  to  Sarah  Eliza  Fin- 
der.   November  28,  Thomas  Pemberton  to  Mary  Eliza  Macmurdo. 

1856. — January  3,  David  Chalmers  to  Mrs.  Ann  M.  Meade. 
January  9,  William  (servant  of  Mr.  James  H.  Gardner,)  to  Ellie 
{servant  of  N.  B.  Hill. )  January  10,  Wm.  W.  Blackford  to  Mary 
Robertson.  Samuel  (servant  of  Mr.  J.  H.  Tyler,)  to  Maria, 
(colored.)  April  10,  Edward  Lloyd  Handy,  U.  S.  N.,  to  Mary  G. 
Chevallie.  April  15,  George  W.  Gatewood  to  Geoi-giana  L. 
Crouch.  May  3,  Wm.  Dewees  to  Mary  Hunter.  May  15,  Peter 
D.  McKinney  to  Sarah  A.  Lyle.  May  20,  James  R.  L-vin  to 
Maria  Louisa  Ferguson,  (colored.)  May  21,  Peter  Mitchell  to 
Laura  Martin.  May  28,  George  Edgar  Gresham  to  Mary  Jane 
Clemmett.  May  30,  Wm.  Wilson  to  Ann,  (slaves.)  July  9,  Wil- 
liam (slave  to  Mr.  Bigger,)  to  Martha  P.  Simple,  (a  slave.) 
August  28,  Edward  Carr  to  Virginia  Pleasants,  (slaves. )  Octo- 
ber 15,  John  Henry  Eustice  to  Catherine  A.  Pickett.  November 
13,  Edward  Norvell  to  Susan  D.  Richardson. 

1857.— March  12,  AVilliam  to  Mary.  May  6,  Charles  H.  Man- 
son  to  Eleanor  Bigger.  August  20,  Alex.  B.  Guigon  to  Sarah 
Bates  Allen.  September  22,  H.  Carrington  Watkins  to  Virginia 
C.  Temple.  September  28,  Andrew  E.  Fitzpatrick  to  Agnes  W. 
Brown.  December  24,  OrloflF  Erickson  to  Eleanor  Mary  Smyth, 
.(at  church.) 


486  History  of  the 

1858. — February  10,  Pleasant  Howell  to  Elenine  Foster,  (at 
church.)  February  18,  Edwin  C.  Corden  to  Ester  T.  White. 
May  8,  Kobert  Crabbe  to  Ella  Page.  June  23,  Joseph  Carlton  to 
Helen  Gardner.  October  12,  Virginia  Dabney  to  Ellen  M.  Heath, 
(in  St.  James  Church. )  Lewis  \V.  Webb  to  Lucy  W.  Bigger,  (at 
church.)  October  14,  Alfred  L.  Holladay  to  Alice  C.  Macon, 
(at  church.)  November  4,  Horace  P.  Edmond  to  Sarah  E.  Wood- 
bridge.  November  25,  Philip  T.  Sutton  to  Indiauna  Freeman. 
George  M.  Vaughan  to  Sophia  C.  Nowland. 

1859. — February  23,  Charles  Lundin  to  Miss  Dorflinger. 
March  9,  Beuj.  K.  Davis  to  Mrs.  Betsey  L.  Ward,  (at  Mr.  E.  D. 
Hitchcock's.)  March  14,  William  to  Julia,  (colored.)  March  18, 
Wm.  O.  Taylor  to  Margaret  Beers,  (at  church.)  November  9, 
Caddis  B.  Luck  to  Mrs.  Martha  Fitzgerald.  November  15,  Jas. 
S.  Tyler  to  Mrs  Rebecca  Hogau.  December  20,  Robert  Alexan- 
der Caskie  to  Amanda  Wallace  Gregory. 

I860.— February  25,  B.  Frank  Cove  to  Barbara  Wingfield. 
March  29,  Frank  G.  Euffin  to  Ehen  S.  Harvie.  May  25,  Henry 
S.  Arnold  to.  Mary  Gunnings.  October  30,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Mills 
to  Nannie  C.  Alvey.  November  6,  Rev.  Henry  A.  Wise  to  Hallie 
E.  Haxall.     December  11,  George  D.  Fisher  to  E.  Han-iet  Haxall. 

18(31. — January  17,  John  J.  Brown  to  Catherine  B.  Stubs. 
February  7,  Philij^  Eahm  to  Ann  S.  Foster.  February  12,  R.  S. 
Dickinson  to  Mary  Ann  Sizer,  (at  church.)  May  13,  Edward 
Payson  Reeve  to  Hester  M.  Goodall,  (in  Grace  Church. )  Sep- 
tember 11,  Col.  Ragen  to  Josephine  Baynard,  (at  church.)  Oc- 
tober 29,  George  W.  Camp  to  Annie  Fisher,  Cat  her  father's 
house.) 

1802.— February  12,  John  Mutter  to  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Nelson,  (at 
Mrs.  Beverley  Wellford's. )  April  9,  Mr.  Charles  Hunt  to  Sarah 
L.  Lyon.  April  19,  John  Tyler  to  Virginia  Allen.  April  22,  Dr. 
Peter  Lyons  to  Adeline  A.  Deane,  (at  church.)  June  3,  Rev. 
John  McCabe,  D.  D.,  to  Mrs.  M.  De  Ford,  (at  church.)  Decem- 
ber 23,  Captain  Miles  Macon  to  Mary  B.  Burton,  (at  house  of 
Mr.  John  Jones.)  December  25,  Thomas  to  Sally,  (colored,  at 
Mr.  T.  U.  Dudley's.)  December  30,  Argyle  to  Betsy,  (colored, 
at  Mr.  Rahm's. ) 

1863. — January  8,  James  Hodges  to  Emma  Weeks,  (at  church.) 
February  8,  Wm.  Randolph  to  Fredericka  Wright,  (at  St.  Philip's 
Church,  free  persons  of  color.)     May  10,  Absalom  to  Harriet,, 


Monumental  Church.  487 

(colored,  at  Mr.  Richard  C.  Hall's.  June  3,  Eichard  C.  Waddel  to 
Margaret  Gregory, (at  Judge  Gregory's,  Charles  City  county.)  July 
6,  Alfred  D.  Shepperson  to  Fannie  L.  Johnson,  (^Miss  Johnson 
is  of  Brooklyn,  New  York  ;  at  church.)  August  18,  Wilham  Jones 
to  Mary  Macmurdo.  September  11,  Eufus  Morse  to  Mary  V. 
McConnell,  (at  Eev.  Mr.  Fletcher's  residence.)  October  1,  Dr. 
C.  W.  P.  Brock  to  EHzabeth  Tyler,  (at  home.)  November  18, 
John  W.  McBryde  to  Cora  Bolton,  (at  church.)  November  26, 
James  Hamilton  to  Ezineah  Watkins,  (at  church.)  December  1, 
Benjamin  F.  Ladd  to  Margaret  S.  Bigger. 

1864.— July  20,  Theodore  W.  Hoinniger  to  Maria  W.  Sanders, 
(at  Mr.  Thorn's,  in  Henrico  county.)  August  29,  S.  T.  Flannagan 
to  Mrs.  Kate  Bayllise,  (at  Eev.  Dr.  Woodbridge's  residence.) 
September  6,  Pendleton  Bryan  to  Emma  M.  Lyon.  October  6, 
Frank  to  Nancy,  (colored.)  November  13,  Eobert  to  Mary 
Turner,  (colored,  at  Eev.  Dr.  Woodbridge's  house.)  December 
8,  Wallace  Washiugton  to  Lucy  C.  Macon,  (at  church.)  Decem- 
ber 20,  Frank  H.  Alfriend  to  Sarah  A.  Womble,  (at  Mr.  John 
Womble's  residence.)  December  25,  Arthur  to  Mary,  (colored.) 
December  26,  Edmund  to'Milly,  (colored.) 

1865. — March  7,  Charles  H.  Cawood  to  Lucy  Jane  Macon,  (at 
the  house  of  Mr.  Friend,  in  Henrico. )  April  7,  James  Casson  to 
Mrs.  Mary  Louisa  Forsythe.  May  10,  Lewis  H.  Frayser  to  Mrs. 
M.  E.  Dudley,  (at  church.)  July  6,  Joel  J.  Brown  to  Mary  H. 
Hill,  (at  church.)  July  21,  Edwin  B.  Lovin  to  Henrietta  P. 
Clayton.     September  26,  Andrew  Lilj'  to  Farquinia  Apperson. 

1866. — February  22,  William  Dias  to  Margaret  Timberlake. 
August  2,  Charles  P.  Bigger  to  Susan  F.  Crittenden.  August  7, 
Peyton  Eandolph  to  Mary  E.  Fisher,  (at  residence  of  her  aunt, 
Mrs.  L.  M.  Norton.)  September  12,  Christopher  A.  Robinson  to 
Georgiana  L.  Charter.  November  20,  Wm.  E.  Florence  to  Mary 
P.  Gardner.  December  11.  Charles  B.  Stacy  to  Caroline  Eahm. 
December  18,  John  M.  Toler  to  Lizzie  E.  Price. 

1867.— January  8,  Joseph  Eeinhart  to  Bettie  B.  Brock.  Jan- 
uary 15,  James  Vass  to  Sally  Taliaferro,  (this  couple  live  in  Cul- 
peper  county.)  February  27,  Eev.  George  W.  Easter  to  Eosa 
Macmurdo,  (at  Ashland,  Hanover  county.)  June  15,  John  Hill 
to  Celia  Eobinson,  (colored,  at  Mr.  Peter  H.  Mayo's  residence.) 
June  18,  George  W.  Brown,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  to  C.  Ehza 
H-all,   (great-granddaughter  of   Bishop  Moore.)      June  26,   Dr. 


488  History  of  the 

Lewis  W.  Carter  to  Agues  M.  Haxall,  (at  her  father's,  iu  Rich- 
mond.) July  10,  Charles  E.  Skinker  to  Rose  Allen.  August  28, 
John  Grey,  of  England,  to  Mrs.  Watson,  (at  church.)  September 
18,  Edward  N.  Schmitt  to  Amelia  Keech,  (at  Spottswood  Hotel.) 
November  7,  Littlebary  Wade  to  Mary  Jane  Childress.  No- 
vember 13,  Thomas  W.  Henderson  to  Mary  C.  Macmurdo, 
(at  church. )  November  20,  Alfred  C.  Moore  to  Mrs.  Susan  E.  Wel- 
lington. November  — ,  Wm.  Gilbert  Hill  td  Kate  C.  Thompson, 
(at  church.) 

1868. — March  24,  Clodomer  Burton  to  Bella  Jones,  (at  church.) 
July  5,  Wm.  J.  Fitchett  to  Millicent  J.  Snell.  December  12, 
Robert  Ford  to  Alexina  Ford,  (at  residence  of  Rev.  George 
Woodbridge.)  December  17,  George  H.  T.  Green  to  Mattie  E. 
Rahm,  (at  residence  of  Adolphus  Rahm.) 

1869. — February  8,  Thomas  M.  Anderson  to  Lizzie  Van  Win- 
kle, (at  church.)  March  IT),  George  W.  New  to  Mary  Adams. 
June  13,  Mr.  Dabney  Carr  to  Anna  M.  Deane,  (at  church.)  Aug. 
2,  Robert  F.  Bell  to  Mrs.  Mary  M.  D.  Burton.  November  16, 
Charles  K.  Yancey  to  Lizzie  N.  Field.  November  23,  Philip  H. 
Rock  to  Laura  M.  Weller. 

1870.— Februarj"^  ir>,  Wm.  \V.  Zimmennau  to  Virginia  P.  John- 
son, (at  church.)  April  7,  Charles  S.  Poole  to  Maggie  A.  War- 
ihen,  (at  church.)  April  U,  Col.  Garrick  Mallory  to  H.  Wyckoff, 
(at  Gen.  Canby's.)  June  1,  Franklin  Stearns,  .Jr.,  to  Emily  S. 
Palmer,  (at  church.)  July  6,  Howard  Crittenden  to  Lucy  Nor- 
ton Fisher,  (at  church.)  October  1!»,  Wm.  A.  Walker  to  Laura 
L.  Crafton,  (at  church.)  October  25,  E.  Harvie  Smith  to  Nina 
Neeson,  (at  church. )  November  23,  James  Bolton  to  Mary  A. 
■Sutton,  (at  church.)  November  24,  George  N.  Woodbridge  to 
Martha  Edmond,  (at  church.)  December  15,  McRae  Milhoit  to 
Fanny  Stith,  (at  church.)  December  21,  John  H.  Foster  to  Mary 
A.  Johnson,  (at  church.) 

1871.— January  18,  John  M.  Baker  Jr.,  to  Mary  R.  Hite. 
February  5,  George  A.  Miles  to  Hattie  J.  Baker,  (at  church.) 
April  17,  Wm.  Cook  to  Annie  Florence,  (at  rector's  bouse.)  June 
29,  John  E.  Womble  to  Kate  Alfriend.  July  12,  A.  M.  Newell  to 
M.  C.  Temple,  (at  church.)  July  20,  Isaac  H.  Hatcher  to  Rosa- 
bel Johnson,  (colored,  at  First  African  Church.)  October  4, 
Wm.  B.  Courtney  to  Frances  E.  Evans.  October  7,  Mr.  Pike 
Powers    to  Louise  Bull,   (at  church.;     October  11,  Christopher 


Monumental  Church.  489 

Wilkinson  to  Ada  Mile,  (colored,  at  Ebenezer  Chnrch.)  Novem- 
ber 16,  Eobert  E.  Lee  to  Charlotte  T.  Haxall,  (at  her  father's,  in 
Orange  county.)  December  6,  James  T.  Gilliam  to  Ellen  N. 
Harrold. 

1872. — January  16,  Leonidas  Polk  Wheat  to  Florence  Allen. 
January  17,  Lewis  D.  Crenshaw,  Jr.,  to  Sue  Brown  Sutton,  (at 
church.)     January  25,  Henry  Cook  to  Janet  A.  Withers.     April 

16,  Peter  C.  Warwick  to  Caroline  Temple,  (at  church.)  April  24-, 
Hugh  Hagan  to  Eliza  Johnson.  October  3,  Isaac  Mercer  to 
Martha  Ward,  (colored,  at  rector's  house. )  October  7,  James  E. 
Tyler  to  Mrs.  Magdalene  Lockerman,  (at  church.)  Eufus  Yar- 
brough  to  Mary  Hall,  (at  church.) 

1873. — January  15,  Andrew  A.  Butler  to  Elizabeth  Marshall, 
(at  Female  Humane  Asylum,  Leigh  street.)  January  26,  Charles 
H.  Drew  to  Maggie  M.  Dempter,  (at  Ballard  Hotel.)  May  20, 
Wm.  T.  Brooks  to  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Hescue,  (at  Grace  Church.) 
October  9,  Erastus  W.  Stearns  to  Selina  Poe,  (at  church.)  De- 
cember 31,  Thomas  N.  Jones  to  Kate  G.  Skelton,  (at  church.) 

1874. — January  15,  Cheslej'  Kinney  to  Mrs.  Josephine  Wickliff, 
(at  church.)  June  2,  George  W.  Newell  to  Florence  H.  Temple,  (at 
church.)  July  6,  John  Notley  to  Susan  White,  (colored,  at  city 
court-house.)  July  21,  Wm.  V.  Todd  to  Lizzie  G.  Goode,  (at 
Mr.  Ellison's,  Eighth  street.)  September  30,  Kobert  Harrold  to 
Sally  Maule,  (at  church.)  December  10,  Wm.  T.  Holdsworth  to 
Amelia  Frischkorn,  (at  church.) 

1875.— January  13,  Wm.  G.  Tyreeto  Pattie  G.  Hix,  (at  church.) 
January  14,  Merriwether  Macmurdo  to  Ellen  Anderson,  (at  Ash- 
land, Hanover  county.)  May  6,  Herbert  P.  Lefebre  to  Alice 
Powers,  (at  church.)  June  10,  P.  Hamilton  Baskerville  to  E.  M. 
Skelton,  (at  church,  assisted  by  Kev.  Mr.  Minuigerode.)  Decem- 
ber 4,  Wm.  V.  Malmbury  to  Emma  Gillespie,  (at  rector's  house.  ) 
December  15,  Clement  C.  Morton  to  Helen  C.  Thaw,  (at  St. 
Paul's  Church  ;  Monumental  out  of  order  by  repairs. ) 

1876. — February  17,  J.  Morton  Halsey  to  Irene  Stearns,  (at 
■church.)     July  13,  Wm.  F.  Chernault  to  Effie  Heath.     October 

17,  Wm.  J.  Johnson  to  Mrs.  Nannie  Friend,  (at  Mrs.  Tiffey's, 
Washington,  D.  C.)  November  1,  George  T.  Traylor  to  Alexine 
Pecor,  (at  church.)  November  5,  Walter  Burwell  to  Betty  Har- 
ris, (at  rector's  residence.) 

1877,— February  28,  Charles  H.  Clarke  to  Helen  E.  Judah,  (at 


490  History  of  the 

Mrs.  Judah's,  colored.)  April  4,  J.  Gooduow,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
to  Elizabeth  N.  "Woodbridge,  daughter  of  the  rector,  (at  her 
father's  residence.  Seventh  and  Grace  streets.)  May  10,  James 
K.  Worth  to  Mary  H.  Maury,  (at  her  mother's,  assisted  by  Eev. 
P.  H.  Robert,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.)  June  28,  Mevesell  L.  Van 
Doren  to  Lucy  M.  Maury,  (at  church.)  July  (J,  Charles  K.  Han 
to  Sarah  Black,  (colored,  at  the  Hustings  court  ofSce. ) 


ACCOUNT  OF  BURIALS 

From  Parochial  Report  of  the  Monumental  Church,  by  Rev. 

George  Woodbridge,  commencing  in  184(!,  and  ending  with 

HIS  Death,  14th  February,  1878. 

1846.— April  1,  Infant  child  of  Mr.   John  M.  Gregory.     June 

29,   Mr.   David  Fisher.     July  — ,  Mrs.  Moore.     August  18, 

Mrs.  Doing.     September  22,  Infant  child  of  Mr.   John  H. 

Tyler.  September  29,  Eudora,  infant  child  of  Wm.  Walker. 
October  11,  Mr.  McCauly.  December  29,  Infant  child  of  Mr. 
Crump. 

1847. — January  13,  Mrs.  Williamson,  (a  Presbyterian,  mother 
of  Mr.  Lambert.)  January  14,  Mr.  Collin  McRae.  January  25, 
Mrs.  Rebecca .  Febx-uary  24,  Mrs.  Mary  Blagrove.  Feb- 
ruary 28,  Frederick  Oscar,  son  of  Mr.  Countz.  March  4,  Mrs. 
John  Hatcher.  March  14,  Mary  Waddle,  niece  of  Miss  Hannah 
Ring.  April  3,  Martha  Mountcastle,  an  orphan  of  sixteen  years. 
May  20,  Samuel,  infant  child  of  Peyton  Johnson  ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Morrison  oflficiating.  July  3,  Charles  Theodore,  infant  child  of 
Mr.  A.  W.  Nolting ;  Rev.  Mr.  Walke  officiating.  Miss  Abby 
Miller ;  Rev.  Mr.  Walke  officiating.  An  infant  child  of  Mr. 
Ball.  July  2(i,  Mr.  Augiistus  Mordecai.  July  28,  Cornelius, 
child  of  the  sexton,  (colored.)  August  19,  Mrs.  Charles  I.  Mac- 
murdo,  Jr.  Sei^tember  r>,  Cynthia,  servant  of  Mr.  Bacon.  Oc- 
tober 27,  Miss  Catherine  Clarke,  of  Manchester.  December  3, 
Mr.  Philip  Duval. 

1848.— February  22,  Mrs.  Eliza  Rodes.  March  18,  Mr.  Archi- 
bald Govan.    May  3,  Mr.  Henry  Fisher.    May  8,  Lucy  Ann,  infant 

child  of  Mrs.  A.  Govan.     June  25,  Mr. Buck.     July  15,  Thos., 

son  of  Mr.  Thomas  Nowland,   (drowned  13th.)     September  10, 


Monumental  Church.  491 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Fulton.  September  20,  Mrs.  Elena  P.  Foster. 
October  6,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Geoyner.  October  31,  A  little 
child  of  Mr.  Tyler;  Rev.  W.  Williams  officiated.  November  24, 
Venerable  father  of  Mr.  Adolphns  W.  Nolting.  December  31, 
Mr.  Charles  I.  Macmnrdo,  Senior. 

IS-IO. — January  20,  Mrs.  James  Brown.  February  1,  Mr. 
Frank  Gurdon  Pellett,  about  nineteen.  February  6,  John  L., 
infant  son  of  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon.  Februarj'^  13,  Mr.  Wm.  B. 
Chittendon.  April  3,  Mrs.  Judith  Nicholson,  (the  venerable  and 
pious  mother  of  Mrs.  Geo.  Woodbridge,  wife  of  the  rector  ;  Dr. 
Empieand  Bishop  Johns  ofl&ciated. )  April  23,  Mary  Ann  Judah, 
a  colored  woman.     April  2G,   Captain  Philip  Slaughter.      May 

12,  Mrs. Hancock.     June  0,   Mr.    Peter  Cottom.     July  1, 

Frederick  Wm.,  infant  son  of  Mr.  Emerest.  July  3,  Jlrs.  Delia 
Cowardin.  July  11,  Mrs.  Cuuliffe  ;  Rev.  Dr.  Empie  officiated. 
Juljr  13,  Mr.  Chapman  Johnson  ;  Rev.  Wm.  Norwood  officiated. 
July  20,  Mr.  Madison  Sublett.  July  31,  Mrs.  Judith  Burvvell. 
September  14,  Mrs.  Bowen.  September  25,  Mi".  Josiah  B.  Ab- 
bott.    September  26,   A  child  of    Mr.    Cauthorn.     October  12, 

Mr.  Charles  Banker.      October  21,  Mrs.  Terry.     November 

7,  Mr  Charles  Baker,  sixteen  years.  November  12,  Mrs.  Kate 
W.  Burr.     December  27,  Dr.  John  CuUen. 

1850. — January  13,  George,  infant  son  of  Mr.  Toler.     January 

17,  Joseph  Walker.     February  — ,  Mr.  Angell.     March  22, 

Mr.  Joseph  Evans.     March  23,  Infant  of  Edward  Clopton.     March 

25,   Infant  of  Mr.   0.   P.   Baldwin.     April  3,  Infant  of  Mr.  

Stone.     April  4,  Miss  Goff.     April  5,  Mrs.  Cardwell.     Ajsril 

6,  Mr.  Joseph  Trent.  April  28,  Mr.  John  Robinson,  May  20, 
Infant  of  Mr.  Philip  H.  Allen.  May  27,  Infant  of  Mr.  Charles  G. 
Thompson.  Jixne  1,  Infant  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Luck.  June  11,  Infant 
of  Mr.   Peyton  Johnston.      .June  19,   Infant  of  same.      July  9, 

Miss  Holdensia  Brooks.      September  IG,  Mrs.   Brumfield, 

(sister  of  Mrs.  Ross.;  October  23,  Mrs.  Philip  H.  Allen.  Infant 
of  Mr.  Madison  Sublett.  November  29,  Mrs.  Margaret  Heth. 
December  31,  William,  (apprentice  to  Mi".  Daniel  Weller.) 

1851.— February  18,  Mrs.  Roba  Nimmo.  March  16,  Mr.  Miles 
Macon.  March  18,  Mr.  Maule,  (an  aged  Quaker.)  March  31, 
Infant  of  Charles  W.  Purcell.  April  4,  Infant  of  Edwin  Talia- 
ferro. April  25,  Mrs.  Octavia  Sublett.  June  13,  Mr.  Richard 
Adams.     July  3,  Infant  of  Mr.  H.  P.  Lefebre.f  July  13,  Mr. 


492  History  of  the 

Wilson,  an  EnglisLiuan.  July  19,  Mrs.  Wm.  Norwood.  Septem- 
20,  Miss  Mary  Jane  Clarke.     October  28,  Infant  child  of  Captain 

Andrew  Talcott.     November  6,  Mr.  Patterson.     November 

19,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  George  D.  Fisher ;  Rev.  Mr.  Baker  offici- 
ated. December  i,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Loraine.  December  21, 
Mr. Pendleton.     Mr.  Shields  Saunders. 

lSo2.— January  22,  Infant  child  of  Dr.  Ball.     January  29,  Dr. 

C.  Bohannan.     January  30,  Mr.  Pilcher.     March  7,   Mary 

W.,  infant  child  of  John  Sublett.     April   14,   Mr. Taylor. 

April  20,  Mrs  Carter  P.  Johnson.  May  -i,  Miss  Ann  McCaw. 
June  7,  John,  infant  son  of  Mr.  Picor.  June  9,  Catherine  Whit- 
field, of  same.  June  17,  Mrs  Cheeney  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Manley  and 
rector  officiating*  June  20,  Gai'dner  Thompson,  murdered  in 
Petersburg.  July  30,  Mr.  David  Dorriugton.  August  1-1,  Mr. 
George  Mangner.  August  17,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Duesbiiry, 
September  9,  Hugh  Rileigh,  Wm.  Snell,  Misses  Margaret  and 
Samuella  Andrews,  all  four  killed  by  the  explosion  of  the  boiler 
of  steamer  "Reindeer,"  on  the  Hudson  river;  their  bodies  were 
brought  back  to  Richmond,  and  funeral  of  the  four  took  place 
from  the  Monumental  Church.  September  22,  An  artizan  from 
England.  November  16,  A  young  lady  in  the  country,  and  con- 
nection of  Mrs.  Rahm.  November  17,  Mr.  Elliott.  De- 
cember 16,  Infant  grandchild  of  Mr.  O'Brien. 

18r>3. — March  5,  Mrs.  Lambei-t.     April  3,   Mrs.    John  L. 

Tate.  April  10,  Miss  Lizzie  Robertson.  Maj'  7,  An  infant  child 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isabel  J.  Taylor.  May  20,  Mr.  Alexander  Duval. 
May  31,  Mr.  Michael  O'Brien,  twenty-three  years  of  age.  June 
17,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  C.  G.  Thompson.  June  2o,  Mrs.  Dixon, 
mother  of  Mrs.  Ann  Macmurdo.     July  — ,  A  young  child.     July 

5,   The  adopted  child  of    Mrs.  ■ Burr.     August  3,  Mrs.   A. 

Judson  Crane.  September  7,  An  infant  child.  October  16,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Pickett,  sister  of  Mr.  Charles  J.  Macmurdo,  Jr.     Oct. 

17,  Mrs.  Richardson.     October  18,   Mr.   Philip  Dougherty. 

November  3,  Mrs.  Lucy  Saunders.  December  8,  A  son  of  Mr. 
Nathaniel  August.     December  13,  Mrs. Leiper. 

1854. — January  10,  Mrs.  Harriet  Ferguson,  (colored.)  Febru- 
ary 29,  Dr.  Byrd,  of  Albemarle  county.  May  24,  Thomas  F. 
Ritchie.  June  2,  An  infant  child  of  Mr.  George  N.  Johnson. 
June  18,  Mr.  Isbell.  Mrs.  Wallace.  June  19,  Miss  Chris- 
tian J.  Moore,   daughter  [of  late  Bishop  Moore.      July  5,  Mrs. 


Monumental  Church.  495 

■ Barker.      July   7,    Mr.    Thomas   Ritchie,   former  Editor  of 

Enquirer.     Mrs.  Middleton.     July  10,  Mrs.  Henry  Basker- 

yille.     July  15,   Mr.  Blakey.     July  19,    Elizabeth  Meuzies,. 

infant  of  Mr.  George  N.  Johnson.  July  29,  Infant  of  Alfred 
Taliaferro.  August  10,  Mrs.  Ann  P.  Neale.  September  10, 
Mr.  William  F.  Davis ;  Eev.  Mr.  Cheevers  officiated.     September 

16,  Mr.  Fletcher.     October  7,  Infant  of  Rich'd  and  Edmonia 

Heath.  November  5,  Child  of  Henderson,  colored.  Child  of 
Mr.  C.  B  Luck.  December  27,  Mr.  William  Wallace,  Decem- 
ber 29,  A  colored  woman. 

18.^5. — January  G,  John  F.  Hockaday.     January  22,  Mrs. 

Smith.     January  29,  Infant  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morgan.     February 

17,  William   H.   H.    Gardner.     February  24,    Mr.  Watkins. 

February  28,  Mr.  Levvis  J.  Bossieux.  March  G,  Mary  Basker- 
ville,  four  years  old.  Margaret  Julie  Grey ;  Mrs.  Ritchie's 
adopted  daughter.  March  9,  Henry,  infant  of  Mr.  Baskerville. 
March  13,  Mr.  Robert  Gwathmey,  aged  seventy-seven.  March 
14,  P.  M.  Lyons,  infant  of  Dr.  Conway.  March  17,  Mrs.  Sally 
Cabell.  April  1,  Mr.  George  N.  Johnson.  April  4,  Infant  of 
Mr.  George  A.  Weed.  May  29,  Infant  of  Dr.  C.  Bell  Gibson. 
May  30,  An  inmate  of  the  poor  house.  Mrs.  Millicent  Snell. 
June  10,  Frederick,  infant  of  R.  H.  Coleman.  July  1,  Infant  of 
William  Walker,  brother  of  Mrs.  Rahm.  July  18,  Dr.  R.  L. 
Bohanan ;  Rev.  Mr.  Kepler  officiated.  July  19,  Infant  of  Dr. 
James  Bolton.     August  3,  Mrs.   David  Bullington.     October  3, 

Mr.  Smith,   a   native  of   England.     October  31,  A   young^ 

man  from  the  country.     November  4,  Infant  of  a  family  from 

Norfolk.     December  19,  Mr.  Archer,  father-in-law  of  Mrs. 

Hill. 

1856.— February  10,  General  Jaq.  B.  Harvie.  March  4,  Alice 
Ruffiu,  infant  of  Washington  Gill.  March  9,  Mr.  Moses  Branch. 
April  1,  Attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  James  C.  Crane,  from  the 
Baptist  Church.  April  2,  Miss  Jaques,  niece  of  Mrs.  Gilliam. 
April  3,  An  infant  child  of  John  W.  Atkinson.  April  14,  Ella  M. 
Allen,  daughter  of  Mr.  Jos.  Allen,  age  thirteen.  April  1& 
Rutche  Ann  Waddle.  May  26,  Mr.  Daniel  Weller;  Rev. 
Mr.  Goodwin  officiated.  Mr.  J.  Royall  Crouch.  June  19, 
Mr.    James    H.   Poindexter,    of    California.      June    21,    Chan- 

uing  Moore,    infant   son   of    R.    C.   Hall.     June   30,    Mr.   

Forsyth,    and    at    same   time   an    infant   of    Mr.    Armstrong. 


494  History  of  the 

July  6,  Infant  of  Mr.  Samuel  P.  Mitchell.  July  11,  Edward 
Allen,  infant  of  Charles  Purcell.  September  30,  Helen  Deane, 
infant  of  John  T.  Sublett.  A  grandson  of]  Mr.  Robert  G.  Scott. 
An  infant  of  Mr.  William  S.  Thaw,  August  31.  October  — , 
Mary  Eliza  Spraggins,  at  orphan  asylum.  November  2,  Mr. 
Norman  Stewart.  November  11,  Mr.  Richard  Heath,  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  December  3,  Miss  Lucy  Talcott.  December  28, 
Mrs. Bargamin. 

1857. — March  24,  Read  the  service  at  Mrs.  Edwin  Taliaferro's, 
Rev.  Mr.  Read  assisted.  June  2G,  Betsy  Biggei-,  infant  child  of 
Edward  M.  Norvell.     July  2,  A  child  of  Mrs.  Whitlock.     July  3, 

Miss  Margaret  Robinson.     July  11,  Mr. Shepherd.     August 

6,  Jane,  daughter  of  Mr.   S,  Basset  French.     Mrs.  Harris; 

Rev.  Mr.  Peterkin  officiated.     September  22,  Mrs.  Ann  Beverley 

Gordon.     October  5,  Mr. Thorpe.     October  17,  Catherine 

Bargamin,  infant  of  Mi\  Boweu.  November  2,  William  Booker, 
<3hild  of  Mr.  James  A.  Snell.     Mr.  Ira  O.  Parker. 

1858. — January  — ,  James  D.  Bruce  Evans.  January  24, 
Miss  Martha  Weed.  March  4,  Henry  Baskerville,  son  of  Mr, 
John  L.  Bacon,  aged  six.     March  G,  Charles  Bigger,  son  of  Mr. 

C.  B.  Luck.  March  9,  Mr.  Robert  Talley.  March  10,  Eliza  R., 
.daughter  of  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon,  aged  eight.  March  12,  ^George 
L.,  son  of  Mr.  John  L.  Bacon,  aged  two  and  a  half.  Cornelia, 
daughter  of  same,  aged  four.  May  3,  Mr.  Fleming  Gentry,  Sr. 
May  30,  Mrs.  Jane  Bradley.  June  12,  William,  son  of  Mrs. 
Lucy  Govan.  Mrs.  Eliza  Hall,  daughter  of  late  Bishop  Moore. 
June  19,  Charles  Hazard,  infant  child  of  D.  J.  Burr.  July  2, 
Martha  Maria,  infant  of  Mr.  AVilliam  H.  Powers.  July  4,  Mrs. 
Caddis  B.  Luck.  July  23,  George  Longston,  infant  of  Mr.  John 
L.  Bacon.  July  25,  An  infant  of  Mr.  Lea,  son-in-law  of  Mr. 
John  Euders.  July  27,  An  infant  of  Mr.  Marmaduke  Johnson. 
July  29,  An  infant  of  Mr.  John  Powell.  August  1,  Mr.  John 
Stith.     September  3,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Garrigues,  wiTe  of  Mr.  Geo. 

D.  Fisher.  Alice  Winn.  September  9,  Junius  Randolph,  infant 
of  Mr.  Wm.  Mclndor.  September  10,  Mr.  James  Harvey  Dudley, 
(brother  of  T.  U.  Dudley.)  November  20,  Mrs.  Ann  Johnson, 
aged  seventy.  December  18,  Miss  Lucy  Temple,  (at  Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia.)     December  19,  Mr.  William  S.  Beers. 

1859. — May  3,  An  infant  child  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Macmurdo.  May 
5,  Mrs.   ChajDmau  Johnson.     June  10,  John  E.  Ferguson,  free 


Monumental  Church.  495 

•colored  commimicant.  Julj'  12,  An  infant  of  Captain  and  Mrs. 
Hopkins.  July  13,  Mrs.  Simon  Cullen.  July  16.  Mr.  Caleb  S. 
Jones;  Rev.  Messrs.  Points  and  Nelson  officiated.  August  1, 
Mrs.  Edward  D.  Hitchcock,  August  3,  An  infant  of  Mr.  "Walker. 
September  16,  An  infant  of  Mi*.  O'Brien.  October  4,  A  child  of 
Mr.    John  Chevallie.     October  7,  Miss  Sally  Hill.     October  28, 

Mrs.  Pollard.      November  3,   M.    Fitzhugh,   infant  son  of 

Mr.  John  W.  Atkinson.  November  11,  Mr.  Wm.  E.  Young. 
December  3,  Mrs.  Hannah  Hackley.  December  22,  Sally  Atkin- 
son, aged  seven  years.     Mr.  Eustice  Robinson. 

I860.— February  15,  Mary  Catherine,  child  of  Mr.  Pecor. 
February  23,  Mr.  Selden  Macon.  March  1,  Miss  Ophelia  Bul- 
lington.  March  12,  John  Pegram,  infant  son  of  Mr.  Goodwin. 
March  28,  Mr.  Archibald  Blair.  March  21,  Mrs.  Virginia  Heth. 
April  30,  Mrs.  Virginia  Dabney,  (Miss  M.  Heth. )  May  5,  Mr. 
Thomas  Burr.     Mrs.  Martha  Rahm.     Mrs.  Jane  Walk.     June  9, 

Mrs.  Polly  Jones.     Mrs.  ■ Macfarlaud.     July  2,  Mr.  Conway 

Macon,  aged  sixty-eight.  July  18,  Mrs.  Patterson,  aged  eighty- 
six.  September  14,  Infant  of  Mr.  Allegree.  September  22,  Dr. 
Samuel  A.  Patterson.  October  15,  Son  of  Dr.  ViHiams,  of  New 
Kent  county.  October  27,  A  poor  woman,  over  the  canal,  name 
unknown.     November  1,   Infant  of  Rev.  A.  Wade,  Charles  City 

•county.     November  16,  Mi\  Whitehall.     November  18,  Wm. 

Fulton,  son  of  Mr.  Peyton  Johnston.  November  25,  Mrs.  Mary 
C  Handy,  wife  of  Captain  Handy,  of  U.  S.  Navy.  December  6, 
Infant  child  of  Mr.  Fletcher.     December  9,  Mr.  Hall  Neilson. 

1861.^ — January  14,  James  Footel,  an  orphan,  liviiig  with  Col. 
S.  Bassett  French.  February  2,  Mr.  John  A.  Lancaster.  Mr, 
Wyatt  Cardwell,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  James  Heath,  son  of 
Peyton  Johnston,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Mr.  Phihp  Harrison, 
March  25,  Infant  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  Wade,  Wyanoke,  Charles 
City  county.  May  13,  Mrs.  Clarke,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
May  28,  Mrs?  Ligon,  (Mrs.  Lancaster's  sister,)  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  June  3,  Lewis  Burwell,  infant  of  Wm.  WilHams,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  27,  Mr.  Anthony  Robinson,  Jr.,  at 
City  Cemetery.  July  3,  Mrs.  Archibald  Blair,  about  twenty-five 
years  old,  died  29th  June,  at  Covington,  Va.,  at  Hollywood  Cem- 
etery. Julj'^  4,  Infant  of  Mr.  Acorn,  aged  four  months,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  September  1,  Harvey  Dudley,  aged  nineteen, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     September  7,  John  Pickett,  aged  thirty- 


496  History  of  the 

three,  at  Citj'  Cemetery.  September  12,  Mrs.  John  J.  Johnson, 
aged  about  seventy,  at  City  Cemetery.  September  21,  Mrs.  Abb© 
Gardner,  aged  about  sixty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  18, 
Lizzie  Atkinson,  aged  about  four,  at  Cemetery  at  Powhatan. 
November  15,  Miss  Harriet  Kobins,  aged  about  eighty,  at  Holly- 
wood Cem-etery.  November  IG,  Willie,  son  of  Mr.  Graybau, 
aged  four  and  a  half  years,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  November 
27,  Peter,  aged  six  years,  son  of  Mr.  Philip  Rahm,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  December  11,  Mrs.  Pamela  Hobson,  aged  about 
seventy-two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

18G2. — January  5,  Mrs.  Isabella  G.  Keith,  age  eighty  ;  at  St. 
John's  Cemetery;  services  in  St.  John's  Church.  January  7, 
Mrs.  Phebe  Merriwether,  aged  35  ;  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Janu- 
ary 12,  Mr.  Philip  Eahm,  aged  40  ;  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Feb- 
ruary 5,  The  child  of  Dr.  Culver,  aged  two-and-a-half ;  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  February  17,  The  child  of  Mr.  Ferguson,  aged 
three ;  at  City  Cemetery.  February  21,  The  child  of  Mr.  Fer- 
guson, aged  four  ;  City  Cemetery.  April  7,  Two  colored  chil- 
dren, aged  seven  and  twelve ;  at  colored  people's  cemetery. 
April  15,  Mrs.  James  Fisher,  aged  about  fifty-five,  at  City  Ceme- 
tery. May  1,  The  son  of  Mr.  Collin,  aged  about  thirteen,  at  City 
Cemetery.  May  11,  Infant  of  Mrs  E.  Dudley,  aged  two  ;  at  Hol- 
lywood cemetery.  June  2,  Shields  Saunders  Lucke,  aged  twen- 
ty-one ;  killed  in  battles  around  Richmond ;  at  City  Cemetery. 
June  29,  Mr.  James  E.  Heath,  aged  seventy ;  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  July  9,  John  Tyler  Redwood,  aged  21,  killed  in 
battles  around  Richmond,  at  City  Cemetery.  [Lieut.  Reginald 
Fairfax,  aged  thirty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  14,  In- 
fant child  of  Mr.  C.  K.  Chapin,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Child 
of  Mr.  Vavighan  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Peterkin  officiated  at  Monumental 
Church,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  24,  A  child  of  Mr. 
Jones,  aged  seven  months,  at  City  Cemetery.  July  29,  Isabella 
Elizabeth  Chapin,  aged  three,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  August 
5,  Mrs.  Dennison,  aged  about  fifty-five,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. August  10,  Mr.  Allen,  orderly-sergeant,  company  K.,  12th 
Mississippi  regiment,  aged  about  twenty-eight.  August  D 1,  Mr. 
Charles  I.  Macmurdo,  Jr.,  aged  sixty-four,  in  the  Pickett  private 
cemetery,  on  Church  Hill.  August  15,  Charles  Thomas  Addison, 
aged  nine  months  fourteen  days,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Au- 
gust 23,  Mr.  Anthony   Robinson,    son  of  the   late   Mr.  Anthony 


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Kobinson,  Jr.,  aged  thirty-oue,  at  Hollywood  Cemeteiy.  Miss 
Virginia  Womble,  aged  about  forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
September  29,  Mr.  Walker,  brother  of  Mrs.  Grabau,  aged  thirty,. 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  3,  Mr.  C.  Waldrop  Macmurdo, 
aged  fifty-two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  10,  Mr.  Josej^h 
Tompkins,  aged  eighteen,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  22, 
Mrs.  Cyrus  Fisher,  aged  thirty,  at  Hollywood  Cemeterj'.  Octo- 
ber 23,  A  child  of  Mrs.  Parker,  aged  five-and-a-half,  at  City 
Cemetery.  October  31,  Mr.  Norborue  Norton,  aged  thirty,  at 
City  Cemetery.  November  1,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  S.  B. 
French,  agred  two  weeks,  at  Whitby.  November  22,  The 
child  of  Mr.  Williams,  aged  five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
December  22,  The  child  of  a  colored  man,  colored  burial  cemetery. 
18G3. — January  8,  James  Sanford,  aged  five,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  January  21,  Major  Wheat,  C.  S.  Army,  aged  about 
forty,  June  27,  18G2,  at  Hollj'wood  Cemetery.  February  10, 
A  child  of  Mr.  Shields,  aged  about  three,  City  Cemetery.  Feb- 
ruary 14,  Mrs.  Agnes  Dade,  aged  about  sixty-four,  at  the  "Pow- 
hatan "  private  family  cemetery ;  Eev.  George  Woodbridge  read 
the  service,  and  Eev.  Mr.  Norwood  preached.  February  14 
Mrs.  John  Robinson,  aged  about  eighty,  at  Prospect  Vale  family 
cemetery,  near  the  city.  February  IG,  George  Lambeth.  March 
2G,  Robert,  son  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers,  aged  twelve,  at  Holly\yood 
Cemetery.  Miss  Bessie  Norton,  aged  tweuty-five,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  April  10,  Henry  Parkhurst,  aged  about  fifty-five  or 
sixty,  born  in  Canada,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  11,  Mary- 
Ann  Carson  aged  six  mouths,  orphan  asylum,  at  City  Cemetery.. 
May  27,  Juha,  colored,  Mary's  servant,  aged  thirty-five,  at 
colored  people's  cemetery.  June  IG,  George  Johnson,  aged 
about  fiftj',  at  Hollywood  Cemeterj'.  July  '>,  Bernard  Critten- 
den Hays,  aged  three,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery,  July  16,  Mary,, 
daughter  of  Mr.  James  M.  Baker,  aged  nine,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. July  18,  Mr.  Denuison,  aged  about  fifty,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.     July  27,  Edmouia  Meade,  aged  twenty  months, 

at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     August  1,    Mi".  Lawrence,    aged 

forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  August  3,  Captaiu  Edwin  M.. 
Branch,  aged  twenty-five,  killed  in  a  skirmish  at  Brandon  Station, 
at  City  Cemetery.  August  9,  Bacon  Tait  Pui-cell,  aged  eight, 
drowned  while  learning  to  swim ;  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Au- 
gust 17,  Benjamin  Gardner,  aged  twenty-eight,  employed  in  the. 
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ordnance  service ;  from  malaria  in  S.  C,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
August  24,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Taliaferro,  aged  fifteen  months, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  August  28,  Sergt.  McDonald,  Hamp- 
ton Legion,  at  Oakwood  Cemetery.  August  29,  The  infant  child 
of  Mr.  Dickerson,  aged  nine  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
September  1,  The  child  of  Mr.  Thornton,  aged  about  three-and 

a-half,  burial  in  Powhatan  county.     October  2,  Mrs. Crane, 

aged  about  seventy,  at  City  Cemetery.  November  9,  Mary 
Eliza  Devereux,  aged  three  years  and  two  mouths,  at  City  Ceme- 
_tery.  December  18,  Infant  child  of  Captain  Hunt,  aged  three 
mouths,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1864. — January  26,  James  Govau,  son  of  Mrs.  Archibald  Govan, 
at  Emory  and  Henry  Hospital,  Washington  county,  aged 
twenty-one.  February  12,  Broaddus  Porter,  aged  twenty-one, 
a  soldier  of  the  Engineer  Battalion,  City  Cemetery.  February 
15,  Mrs.  E.  Harriet  Haxall  Fisher,  aged  fifty-seven,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  April  21,  Mrs.  Childress,  aged  eighty,  at  City 
Cemetery.  April  22,  Henrietta  Thompson,  aged  four-and-a-half, 
at  City  Cemetery.  April  30,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Stoven,  from 
Fauquier  county,  aged  sixty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  9, 
Mr.  Jeuks  Reed,  Adgt.  of  a  Florida  regiment,  born  in  St.  Augus- 
tine, at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  2.5,  Mr.  Richard  Chalk,  aged 
thirty-five,  at  City  Cemetery.  June  3,  Lieut.  Peyton  Johnston, 
aged  twenty-one,  killed  at  Cold  Harbour,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. June  22,  Infant  of  Mr.  Gatewood,  aged  nine  months,  at 
Greenmount,  Mrs.  Crouch's.  July  3,  Mrs.  Margaret  Brooks, 
aged  eighty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  25,  Mr.  John  Adams 
Smith,  aged  sixty-two,  at  Cemetery  on  Church  Hill ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Peterkiu  officiated.  July  26,  Mrs.  Anna  Crouch,  aged  sixty, 
Greenmount,  Henrico  county,  service  by  Rev.  Mr.  Baker.  July 
23,  Dr.  Leverett,  surgeon,  C.  S.  A,  aged  thirty,  native  of  South 
Carolina  ;  buried  by  Rev.  Mr.  Baker,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
August  2,  George  Woodbridge  Edmoud,  aged  eight  months  ; 
:service  read  by  Rev.  Mr.  Peterkin,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
August  30,  Kate  Lee  Goddard,  aged  four  months,  at  Hollywood 
'Cemetery.  September  3,  Eliza  Welsh  Johnson,  aged  three,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  September  20,  Lieut.  Galbraith,  aged 
twenty-one;  he  was  of  New  Orleans  and  Washington  Artillery, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  September  28,  Henry  Florence,  aged 
forty-six,  at  Oakwood  Cemetery.     October  8,  Miss Scott, 


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aged  eleven  years  aud  six  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
October  23,  Richard,  sou  of  Richard  Cave,  aged  nineteen  months, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Oftober  29,  Miss  Hannah  Ring,  aged 
about  sixty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  November  4,  William 
Allgood,  grandson  of  Mr.  Munson,  aged  five  months  and  fifteen 
days.  November  27,  John  Prentis  Miller,  aged  twenty-two 
months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  December  20,  Rebecca  Sin- 
ton,  aged  about  forty,  at  City  Cemetery. 

1865. — January  3,  Mr.  Alfred  Gwathmey,  aged  forty,  at  City 
Cemetery.  Januarj'  0,  Horace  Porter  Edmond,  aged  one  year 
and  fifteen  days,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     February  2,  William 

Hawn,  aged   six    months,   at  Hollywood    Cemetery.     Mrs.  

Bossieux,  aged  about  seventy,  at  City  Cemeter3^  Annie  Chesley 
Bronaugb,  aged  seven  mouths,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  April 
— ,  Howard  Wellington,  killed  in  battle  near  Petersburg  ;  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  April  15.  Mr.  Coke,  of  Williamsburg,  aged 
about  seventy,  at  Hollj'wood  Cemetery.  April  30,  Fanny  Ballard, 
infant  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Powers,  aged  four  months,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  May  18,  An  infant  child  of  Mr.  Foster,  aged  nine 
months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Mr.  Collier,  aged  sixty-three, 
at  City  Cemetery.  May  24,  Miss  Emily  Triplett,  aged  forty, 
at  City  Cemetery.  Isaac  Davenport,  aged  fourteen.  June  2, 
Elizabeth  McCaw,  daughter  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Powers,  aged  five 
months  and  six  days,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  23,  Charles 
Macmurdo  Jones,  aged  eleven  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
July  15,  Infant  child  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Wise,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. July  21,  Lizzie  Woodbridge  Edmond,  aged  six,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  July  27,  Martha  Taylor  Sedgwick,  at  City 
Cemetery.  August  8,  George  Randolph,  colored,  aged  eighteen 
months,  colored  burial  ground.  September  29,  An  infant  of  Mr. 
Howell,  aged  fifteen  months,  at  City  Cemetery.  November  22, 
Mr. Davenport,  aged  sixty,   at  City  Cemetery.     November 

25,  Mr.  Samuel  Denoon,  aged  sixty,  at  City  Cemetery.  Decem- 
ber 3,  Captain  William  Mead,  aged  twenty-five,  son  of  Mrs. 
Ann  M.  Chalmers,  killed'  in  battle  ;  at  City  Cemetery.     December 

26,  A  son  of  General  Walter  Gwynn,  aged  twenty-three,  killed 
in  battle  ;  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1866. — February  24,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Norris,  aged  one  year, 

at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     Colonel Harris,  aged  about  fifty, 

at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     March  4,  Mrs.  Frederick  Clarke,  aged 


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about  sixty.  April  3,  Mrs.  Julie  E.  Burr,  aged  about  forty. 
April  4,  Frederick  Danforth,  aged  about  forty,  at  City  Cemetei-y, 

died  10th  April,  1865.     April  13,  Miss Fisher,  aged  thirteen 

years  and  seven  months,'granddaugnter  of  Mr.  Munsen,  and  died 
in  Lynchburg,  buried  in  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  1,  Mrs. 
Mary  H.  Brown,  aged  about  twenty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
June  6,  Mr.  Still  Smith,  aged  about  twenty-eight,  at  City  Ceme- 
tery. June  16,  Grover  M.  Young,  aged  about  iif  ty-seven,  at  Hol- 
lywood Cemetery.  June  27,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Dismon,  aged 
eighteen  months,  at  Oak  wood  Cemetery.  July  17,  Susan  Con- 
way Atkinson,  aged  three  months,  at  Powhatan.  August  — , 
"Wm.  Dent  Young,  aged  sixteen  months ;  Kev.  Dr.  Peterkin  offi- 
ciated. September  13,  Geannett,  daughter  of  Eev.  C.  Walker, 
aged  five  years,  services  at  Immanuel  Church,  Henrico.  Septem- 
ber 11,  Mary  Richards  Edmond,  aged  sixteen  months,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  September  16,  Mrs.  Sutherland,  aged  aboiit 
fifty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  September  24,  Mr.  George 
H.  Chinn,  aged  thirty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     September 

26,  Virginia,  daughter  of  Macmurdo,  aged  three  years,   at 

Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  11,  James  Johnston,  son  of  Mrs. 
Thomas  U.  Dudley,  aged  about  forty  ;  Eev.  Mr.  Peterkin  offici- 
ating ;  and  he  was  interred  in  City  Cemetery.  October  14,  Mr. 
Lockerman,  of  Maryland,  aged  about  fifty-two,  at  City  Cem- 
etery. October  19,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  wife  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Powers, 
aged  about  forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  31,  A  child 
of  Mr.  James  A.  Sedden,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1867. — February  5,  Mr.  C.  K.  Chapin,  aged  forty-five,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  February  17,  Miss  Ann  Hooper,  aged 
about  sixty-five,  at  City  Cemetery.  March  31,  Mrs  Nannie  Jones, 
grandaughter  of  Mr.  John  Jones,  aged  about  seventeen,  City 
Cemetery.  May  3,  Mrs.  Sweetman,  aged  forty,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  Samuel  Tyler,  aged  twenty-four,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  May  24,  Mr.  James  H.  Poindexter,  aged  sixty-seven, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  25,  Mrs.  Gustavus  H.  Myers,  aged 
sixty.  June  18,  Mr.  David  Bullington,  aged  fifty,  at  City  Ceme- 
tei'y.  July  9,  A  twin  child  of  Wm.  Fisher,  (colored,  sexton  of 
Monumental  Church,)  at  colored  people's  cemetery.  July  30, 
A  twin  child  of  William  Fisher,  (colored  sexton  of  Monu- 
mental Church),  at  colored  people's  cemetery.  August  2, 
Miss   Sally   Purcell,    aged    nineteen,    at   Hollywood   Cemetery. 


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August  25,  Mrs.  Sarah,  wife  of  Mr.  James  Neeson,  aged  about 
forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  September  17,  Mr.  C.  G.  Tal- 
cott,  aged  thirty -three ;  Kev.  Mr.  Norwood  officiated  in  absence 
of  rector ;  at  Hollywood  Cemeterj'.  November  — ,  Wm.  A. 
Hynes,  aged  thirteen  months,  at  City  Cemetery.  December  10, 
Conway  Washington,  aged  two  years,   at  Hollj'wood  Cemetery. 

1868. — January  — ,  Mrs.  Helen  Thaw,  aged  about  forty,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.     February  17,   Infant  child  of  Eev.  Mr. 

Easter,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     February  23,  Mr.  Alston, 

aged  about  twenty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  March  3,  John 
Laura,  (^a  colored  man,)  aged  twenty-five,  at  colored  cemetery. 
April  26,  Nancy,  (a  colored  woman,)  aged  about  seventy-three, 
and  a  nurse  and^friend  of  Mrs.  Joseph  Allen.  May  11,  Mrs.  Mary 
Short,  aged  about  twenty-two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  26, 
The  grandchild  of  General  Gwynn,  a  few  weeks  old,  (died  in 
Baltimore,)  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  29,  Mrs.  Nye,  aged 
about  fifty-six,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery;  service  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Peterkin,  as  the  rector.  Dr.  Woodbridge,  was  sick.  July  28, 
Mr.  John  L.  Tate,  aged  seventy,  at  City  Ceme.terJ^  July  30, 
Mr.  Henry  Chalk,  aged  twenty-six,  at  City  Cemeterj'.  Sep- 
tember 26,  Josephine  Heinrich,  aged  nine,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. October  29,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Deane,  aged  fifty-six,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.     November  7,  Mr.  Pemberton,  aged  forty, 

at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  December  6,  Mrs.  Fanny  Armstrong, 
aged  forty-five,  at  Hollj'wood  Cemetery.  December  28,  Mr.  E. 
H.  Gill,  aged  sixty-two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1869. — January  4,  The  infant  child  of  Rev.  Mr.  Helms,  at 
Hollywood  Cemeterj'.  January  9,  Mr.  Henry  McCreery,  aged 
sixty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  January  2.5,  Mr.  James  L. 
Powers,  aged  fifty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  January  29,  Eva 
Virginia  Allen,  aged  eighteen  months,  private  burying  ground. 
March  10,  Thomas  J.  Deane,  died  in  Texas  in  1868,  and  remains 
brought  home,  and  in  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  16,  Dr.  Jas. 
Bolton,  aged  about  fifty-six,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  1, 
Rachel  Bertha  Hynes,  aged  four  months,  at  City  Cemetery. 
June  3,  Wilbar  Brown,  aged  eight  months,  at  City  Cemetery. 
June  16,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  N.  Gilliam,  aged  sixty-five,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  June  22,  Mrs.  Agnes  Macon,  aged  seventy- 
two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     June  23,  John,  son  of  Mac- 

murdo,  aged  two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Wm.  C.  Jones,  aged 
eighteen  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     June  26,  Infant  child 


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of  Richard  Waddell,  aged  four  weeks,  at  City  Cemetery.  July 
13,  Infant  child  of  George  Macmurdo,  aged  four  months,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  10,  Mrs.  Eoss,  aged  sixty- 
four,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  24,  Mr.  "Washington's 
infant   child,    aged   six   months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     Mrs. 

Briggs,    aged   sixty,    at   Hollywood  Cemetery.     November 

21,  Mrs.  Marianne  0.  Skelton,  aged  about  forty,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  November  22,  Mr.  A.  W.  Nolting,  aged  about  seven- 
ty-one, at  City  CemeterJ^  December  29,  Mr.  Holliday,  aged 
about  thirty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1870. — January  26,  Dr.  F.  H.  Deane,  aged  about  sixty,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  March  15,  Mr.  John  G.  Williams,  aged 
forty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  March  25,  Mrs.  N.  C.  Bar- 
ton, aged  forty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  April  24,  Mr. 
Samuel  Freeman,  .aged  seventy-five,  at  City  Cemetery.  April 
28,  Mr.  Powhatan  Roberts,  aged  fifty,  and  a  youth,  John  Turner, 
page  in  House  of  Delegates,  then  in  session,  both  killed  by  the 
disaster  at  Capitol,  the  falling  in  of  the  floor ;  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  June  12,  Mr.  William  Beers,  aged  sixty-nine,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  24,  Mr.  David  Walker  Haxall,  died 
suddenly  in  Charles  City  county  ;  remains  brought  to  Richmond  ; 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  29,  James  Manson  Alfrieud,  aged 
eighteen  months,  at  City  Cemetery.  September  18,  Miss  De- 
borah M.  Couch,  about  seventy-eight ;  Dr.  Peterkin  officiated, 
at  City  Cemetery.  September  28,  Mrs.  Mary  Gill,  aged  sixty- 
five,  at  City  Cemetery.     September  .SO,  Mr.  Lewellyn  McVeigh, 

aged  28,  at  City  Cemetery.     October  24,  Mrs.  Underwood, 

at  City  Cemetery.     October  28,    Dr.  Alcoli,    at  Hollywood 

Cemeterj'.  October  30,  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Doswell,  aged  seventy- 
nine,   Hollywood   Cemetery.     October  31,  Mr.  Buckwildon, 

aged  fifty,  Hollywood  Cemetery.  December  29,  Mr.  Erastus 
Ross,  aged  thirty,  morning  of  25th,  from  the  burning  of  the 
Spottswood  Hotel. 

1871. — January  13,  Mr.  Mays,  aged  sixty,  at  Oakwood  Ceme- 
tery. January  26,  Dr.  Minge,  in  the  Adam's  private  cemetery, 
on  Church  Hill.  February  20,  Mrs.  Beardsley,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  June  7,  Horace  Hoinniger,  aged  about  six  months, 
at  Oakwood  Cemetery.  June  18,  Mrs.  William  Beers,  at  Holly, 
wood  Cemetery.  Jvine  19,  Mr.  Wren,  aged  about  sixty- 
eight,    at   Hollywood   Cemetery.     July  8,    Mrs.  Clemmitt- 

aged  seventy-six.      August  5,   Infant  child  of   Mr.    John  Wise, 


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at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  1,  A  child  at  the  orphan 
asylum,  aged  eight.  October  10,  Mr.  Blair  Burwell,  (at  St. 
James'),  aged  eightj'-eight,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  November 
21,  Wm.  Walker,  at  City  Cemetery.  November  22,  Wm.  John- 
ston, at  City  Cemetery.  December  4,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Friend, 
aged  forty,  at  City  Cemetery.  December  18,  Mrs.  Joseph  Marsh, 
aged  about  sixty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

1872.— January  9,  Mr.  Wm.  A.  R.  Nye.  January  12,  Mr. 
Joseph  Tyler,  aged  22,  at  City  Cemetery.  April  — ,  Miss  Lizzie 
Bigger,  aged  18.  April  14,  An  infant  child  of  Mr.  Neal,  aged 
nine  months.  May  27,  Major  James  Bolton,  aged  twenty-eight, 
killed  by  the  caving  of  tunnel  under  Church  Hill,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  April  29,  Mrs.  Kate  Alfriend  Womble,  aged  twenty- 
eight,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  2G,  Mr.  Eobert  E.  Dicker- 
son,  aged  fifty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  September  6,  Miss 
Emma  Stith,  aged  eighteen,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Septem- 
ber 7,  Mr.  Patterson  Allen,  aged  thirty-nine,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  September  24,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Haxall  Lee,  aged 
twenty-four,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  15,  Mr.  Robert 
Strother,  aged  about  forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.     November 

18,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Richardson,  aged  seventy-three,  at  City  Ceme- 
tery.    December  — ,  Mr.  Heath. 

1873. — January  9,  Thomas  Foster,  aged  eighty- two.     January 

19,  William  Thaw,  aged  twenty.  March  8,  Mrs  Jane  Blair,  aged 
sixty-six,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  March  18,  Mr.  Wm.  S.  P. 
Mayo,  aged  thirty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  5,  Mrs. 
Ella  Friend,  aged  twenty-one,  at  City  Cemetery.  June  11,  Con- 
stance Warwick  Robinson,  aged  ten  months,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. June  14,  Mr.  Richard  Hall,  aged  sixty,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  June  17,  John  Leatherbury,  aged  three-and-a-half, 
at  Oakwood  Cemetery.  Mrs.  Ritchie,  mother  of  Mrs.  Nalle. 
July  29,  Miss  Mary  M.  Harvie,  aged  about  fifty-five,  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery.  Augusts,  Matilda  McCreery,  aged  nine  months, 
at  City  Cemetery.  September,  23,  John  Mutter,  aged  about 
seventy,  at  Oakwood  Cemetery.  October  1,  Commodore  Mat- 
thew M.  Maury,  aged  seventy,  at  Hollj'wood  Cemetery.  Novem- 
ber 7,  Mr.  Emmet  B.  Alley,  aged  about  thirty,  Oakwood  Ceme- 
tery. November  20,  Miss  Mary  Whitcomb,  aged  forty-two, 
Staunton,  Va.  December  18,  Mrs.  Caroline  F.  Temple,  aged 
sixty-two,  at  "Ampthill."  December  26,  Nannie  Talcott,  age  six, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 


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1874.  — January  5,  Mrs.  Worsham,  aged  thirty-five,  at  HoUj'- 
wood  Cemetery.  January  ID,  lufant  child  of  Mr.  Crutchfield, 
aged  eight  months.  February  9,  Miss  Fanny  Watkius,  aged 
about  sixty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  February  17,  Joseph 
Paxsou  Neiswanger,  aged  seven  weeks,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
March  25,  Mrs.  Mary  English,  aged  eighty-four,  at  City  Cemetery. 
March  27,  Fanny  Deane  Carr,  aged  four,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
Maj  26,  Robert  Smyth,  aged  forty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
Miss  Midgely  M.  Duval,  at  City  Cemetery.  Miss  Georgia 
Kennon,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  — ,  Mr.  Turner  Doswell ; 
Kev.  Mr.  Peterkin  officiated.  Lily  Blair  Talcott ;  Rev.  Mr.  Gib- 
son officiated.     September  23,  Infant  child  of  Mr.  Pindar, 

aged   seven   months,   at  Hollywood    Cemetery.     October  (>,  Mr. 

Collier,  aged  twenty-nine,  at  City  Cemetery.     December  3, 

Elizabeth  Evans  Tyler,  aged  six,  at  City  Cemetery. 

1875. — January  7,  Mr.  Charles  Weller,  aged  about  sixty-five, 
at  City  Cemetery.  .January  24,  Ava  Thurston,  aged  three,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  January  20,  Elvira  Bigger,  aged  five, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  February  4,  Mrs.  Margaret  Purcell, 
aged  about  fifty -five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  March  8,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  N.  Bigger,  aged  sixty-nine,  at  City  Cemetery.  March 
19, "John  Womble,  Jr.,  aged  twenty-six,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
May  27,  Mrs.  James  H.  Poindexter,  aged  about  seventy,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  Junej23,  Conway  Robinson  Cameron,  aged 
;  seven  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  25,  T.  M.  R .  Talcott, 
aged  about  three  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  August  1, 
Mrs.  Phebe  Gardner,  aged  seventy,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
August  2,  Mrs.  Rosena  Hagau,  aged  eighty-four,  at  Hollywood 
Cemetery.  September  28,  Miss  Fanny  Haxall,  aged  about 
twenty-five,  (her  funeral  was  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  owing  to 
repairs  then  going  on  at  Monumental,)  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 
October  1,  Mr.  William  Bigger,  aged  twenty-five,  (funeral  from 
St.  James',)  at  City  Cemetery.  Olympia  M.  Purcell,  aged  one,  at 
Hollywood  Cemetery.  October  25,  Mrs.  Ellen  Ann  Cave,  aged 
sixty,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  November  15,  Miss  Fanny 
Dansforth.  aged  sixty-five,  at  City  Cemetery. 

1876. — February  23,  Mrs.  Wise,  aged  about  sixty-five,  in- 
terred in  the  county  of  King  William,  Rev.  F.  M.  Baker  offici- 
ating clergyman.  March  23,  Miss  Charlotte  Wolfe,  aged  twenty- 
five,  at  Fredericksburg.  April  3,  Mr.  Thomas  U.  Dudley,  aged 
sixty-eight,  at  City  Cemetery.     May  — ,  Mrs.  B.  L.  Meade,  aged 


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«eventy-eiglit,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  May  31,  Mrs.  Edmond 
Tontaine,  aged  seventj'-five,  at  Hanover  county.  June  2,  Rev. 
Mr.  Hoxton,  aged  thirty-two,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  June  17, 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Kennon,  (from  St.  James'  Church,)  Rev.  Mr.  Peter- 
kin  and  "Woodbridge  officiating  clergymen,  at  Hollywood  Ceme- 
tery. July  5,  Mr.  Henry  A.  Hurxthal,  aged  sixty,  (from  St. 
Paul's  Church,)  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  July  9,  A  colored  in- 
fant, aged  five  months.  July  31,  Louis  Edmond,  aged  ten 
months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  August  — ,  Mrs.  Sarah  Bates 
Guigon,  aged  about  forty-five,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery  ;  rector 
absent,  service  by  Rev.  Robert  Gibson.  September  19,  Willy 
Bapty,  aged  seven  months,  at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  October 
14,  John  Harrold,  aged  seven  months,  at  City  Cemetery.  De- 
cember 22,  Miss  Kate  Regnault,  aged  about  sixty,  at  City  Ceme- 
ierJ^  December  30,  Mrs.  Thomas  U.  Dudley,  aged  about  seventy- 
four,  at  City  Cemeterj'. 

1877. — January  19,  Mrs.   Clarke,    aged  about  forty-five. 

January  27,    Mrs Easter,  at  Hollywood.     February  22,  Mr. 

Henrj',  aged  about  forty,  at  "Ampthill,"  Chesterfield  county. 

Eebruary  28,  Miss  Ellen  Nott,  aged  about  seventy-eight,  at  City 
Cemetery.  March  28,  John  Ravenscroft  Macmurdo,  an  infant, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  Willie  Burr,  aged  about  twenty-four, 
at  City  Cemetery.    April  12,  George  Crutchfield,  aged  .six  months, 

at  City  Cemetery.     May  24,   Mr.   Munday,   aged    sixtj'-six, 

at  City  Cemetery.  June  18,  Nannie  Pemberton,  aged  twelve,  at 
Hollywood  Cemeter3\  September  11,  James  H.  Gardner,  aged 
seventy-eight,  (rector  was  out  of  town,  service  performed  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Minnigerode  and  Rev.  Mr.  Shield,)  at  Hollywood  Cem- 
eteiy.  October  IG,  Willie  Stearns,  aged  three  years,  at  Hollj'wood 
•Cemetery.  December  .5,  Mrs.  Franklin  Stearns,  aged  sixty-five, 
at  City  Cemetery.  Mrs.  Dr.  Tazewell,  aged  ninety-three,  at  City 
"Cemetery. 

1878.  ^January  2.5,  Mrs.  -—  Green,  at  Oakwood  Cemetery. 
February  14,  Rev.  George  Woodbridge,  D.  D.,  aged  seventy-four, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery.  February  22,  Judge  Alex.  B.  Guigon, 
at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

The  above,  2.5th  January,  1878,  is  the  last  entry  made  by  Dr. 
Woodbridge  in  his  parochial  record  of  burials,  and  it  is  reason- 
able to  conclude  it  was  the  last  burial  service  he  performed,  hav- 
ing died  the  14th  day  of  February  following. 


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COMMUNICANTS 
On  Recoed  of  Parochial  List,  in  Febetjaby,  1878. 


Allen,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann. 
Alfriend,  Mr.  Thomas  M. 
Alfriend,  Mr.  Thomas  Lee. 
Alfriend,  Mi"s.  Thomas  Lee. 
Adams,  Miss  Kate. 
Adams,  W.  C. 
Adams,  Mrs.  Ann. 
Adams,  Annie  F. 
Adams,  Miss  Sei'ena. 
Atkinson,  Mr.  Thomas. 
Branch,  Mrs.  Mai'y. 
Branch,  Miss  Sarah  A. 
Branch,  Miss  Julia. 
Bigger,  Miss  Charlotte. 
Bigger,  Mrs.  John  Bell. 
Bigger,  Miss  Mary  M. 
Bigger,  Miss  Peggy. 
Bigger,  Miss  Anna. 
Bigger,  Miss  Lucy  A. 
Brock,  Dr.  Charles  W.  P. 
Brock,  Mrs.  Dr. 
Bennett,  Mrs.  Caroline. 
Bennett,  Miss  Anna  Phillips. 
Bennett,  Miss  Helen. 
Bull,  Mr.  Wm.  E. 
Bull,  Mrs.  Wm.  R. 
Briggs,  Miss. 
Ball,  Mrs. 
Bolton,  Jackson. 
Brooks,  Hortensia. 
Brooks,  Mrs.  L.  E. 
Baker,  Mr.  James  M. 
Baker,  Mrs.  James  M. 
Baker,  Miss  Margarett. 
Baker,  Hilary. 
Burwell,  Mr.  Geo.  H. 
Burton,  Mrs.  Clodomer. 
Berrian,  Mrs.  Lucy  Hough. 


Chapin,  Mrs.  Virginia  E. 
Chapin,  Mr.  William. 
Chapin,  Miss  Ellora  Estelle. 
Chevallie,  Mrs.  Virginia. 
Chalk,  Mrs.  Fannj\ 
Crafton,  Mrs.  James  Henry. 
Camp,  Mrs.  George  W. 
Crenshaw,  Mrs.  Sue  Brown. 
Crafton,  Miss  Helen. 
Crutchfield,  Mrs.  Virginia  Alice, 
Crawford,  Mrs.  Louisa  A. 
Crawford,  Mrs.  Nellie  L. 
Crawford,  Miss  Rosa. 
Clarke,  Andrew  Neal. 
Carter,  Dr.  M.  B. 
Carter,  Mrs.  M.  B. 
Clarke,  Sophia. 
Courtney,  Mrs.  Fanny. 
Dennison,  Mrs. 
Deane,  Miss  Lizzie. 
Dickinson,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann. 
Evans,  Mr.  James. 
Edmond,  Mrs.  Horace  P. 
Edmoud,  Mr.  Horace  Porter. 
Ellison,  Mrs.  William. 
Fisher,  Mr.  George  D. 
Fisher,  Mr.  Robert  Haxall. 
Fisher,  Mr.  Ed.  Higginbotham, 
Fisher,  Mrs.  Robert  H. 
Fisher,  Mrs.  Edward  H. 
Fulton,  Miss  Mary  Jane. 
Fulton,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Finney,  Mrs.  Mary  G. 
Finney,  Miss  Kate. 
Finney,  Miss  Julia. 
Florence,  Mrs.  Mary  P. 
Fitchet,  Mrs.  Millicent. 
Garhck,  Miss  E. 


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Gutridge,  Miss  Jane,  fat  Mrs. 

Picor's.) 
Gardner,  Miss  Julia  G. 
Gittings,  Miss  Liicinda. 
Graves,  Mrs. 
Graves,  Miss  Susie. 
Gentry,  Miss  Mary  Virginia. 
Gentry,  Miss  Willie. 
Harrold,  Mr.  John. 
Harrold,  Mrs.  John. 
Harrold,  Mr.  Robert. 
Harrold,  Mrs.  Eobert. 
Heath,  Miss  Eliza,   (at  asylum 

on  Leigh  St. ) 
Harvie,  Miss  Ann  F. 
Harvie,  Miss  Emily. 
Harvie,  Miss  Sarah. 
Harvie,  Mrs.  Edmonia. 
Hall,  Miss  Virginia. 
Harrison,  George  Burwell. 
Haxall,  Mrs.  Philip. 
Hoinuiger,  Mrs.  M.  C. 
Herndon,  Miss  Mary. 
Halsey,  Mr.  J.  M. 
Halsey,  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Hagan,  Mrs.  Hugh. 
Johnston,  Mrs.  Peyton, 
Johnston,  Mr.  Peyton. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Nannie. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Wm.  J. 
King,  Miss  Helen. 
Lancaster,  Mrs.  John  A. 
Ladd,  Mrs.  B.  F. 
Layne,  Mrs.  James. 
Landrum,  Miss  Eugenia. 
London,  Mrs.  Daniel  H. 
McDowell,  Miss  Susie. 
McGuire,  Mrs.  Hunter. 
McVeigh,  Mrs.  Charlotte. 
Meade,  Mr.  Richard  H. 


Meade,  Mrs.  Richard  H. 
Moncure,  Dr.  J.  D. 
Moucure,  Mrs.  Dr.  J.  D. 
Maule,  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Macmiardo,  Miss  Margaret  S. 
Mayo,  Mr.  Peter  H. 
Mayo,  Mrs.  Peter  H. 
Mayo,  Mrs.  Kate. 

Miller,  Mrs.  . 

Maury,  Mrs.  Matthew  L. 
Maury,  Miss  Edith. 
Maury,  Miss  Lucy. 
Nicolson,  Miss  Mary. 
Neeson,  Miss  Mary. 
Neeson,  Miss  Sarah  Martha, 
New,  Mrs.  Mary. 
New,  Mr.  Herman. 
Neiswanger,  Mrs.  Maria  P. 
Nott,  Miss  Janette  Le  Point.. 
Newell.  Mr.  A.  M. 
Norvell,  Miss  Elvira. 
Powell,  Mrs.  Betsey. 
Powers,  Mr.  Wm.  H. 
Powers,  Mrs.  Wm.  H. 
Powers,  Miss  Mary  B. 
Powers,  Miss  Annie  F. 
Powers,  Miss  Lucy  H. 
Powers,  Mr.  Dudley. 
Parker,  Mrs.  Rebecca  S. 
Poindexter,  Mrs.  George  H, 
Purcell,  Mrs.  John,  Jr. 
Potts,  Mr.  Thomas. 
Potts,  Mrs.  Thomas. 
Putney,  Mrs.  Stephen. 
Pecor,  Miss. 
Rahm,  Mrs.  Philip. 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Anthony,  Jr^ 
Robinson,  Miss  Ann  C. 
Robinson,  Miss  Rebecca. 
Robinson,  Dr.  Edward  T. 


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Robinson,  Mrs.  Dr.  Edward  T. 
Kegnault,  Miss  Margaret  V. 
Ruffin,  Mr.  Frank  G. 
Ruffin,  Mrs.  Frank  G. 
Royall,  Mr.  J.  Holcombe. 
Snell,  Mrs.  James  A. 
Snell,  Miss  Nannie  Irving. 
Stith,  Mrs.  Rebecca. 
Saunders,  Mrs.  Shields. 
Saunders,  Miss  Deborah  A. 
Saunders,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Saunders,  Miss  Martha. 
Sanders,  William  Robert. 
Smyth,  Miss  Sarah  H. 
Smyth,  Mr.  Frank. 
Sutton,  Mrs.  Jane  Eliza. 
Skelton,  Dr.  J.  G. 
Skelton,  Willie  O. 
Skelton,  Miss  Mary  Ann. 
Skinker,  Mr.  Charles  R. 
Stockin,  Mr.  J.  C, 
Stockin,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Smith,  Miss  Ella 
Sutton,  Mrs.  Philip, 
Tazewell,  Miss  Willie  Anna. 
Tyler,  Mr.  John  H. 
Tyler,  Mrs.  John  H. 
Tyler,  Mr.  John. 
Tyler,  Mrs.  John. 
Tyler,  Mr.  Henry. 
Tyler,  Mrs.  Henry. 
Thorn,  Mrs.  R.  M. 
Thornton,  Miss  Sally  F. 
Temple,  Miss  E.  C. 
Thaw,  Miss  Alice. 
Taylor,  Mr.  Stephen  M. 
Taylor,  Mrs.  A.  Gertrude. 
Talcott,  Mr.  T.  M.  Randolph. 


Talcott,  Mrs.  T.  M.  Randolph. 
Talcott,  Mr.  George  R. 
Thurston,  Mr.  Leon. 
Towery,  Mrs.  M.  E. 
Woodbridge,      Mrs.      Rebecca, 

(widow   of    Rev.    J.     Wood- 

bi'idge.) 
Woodbridge,  Mr.  Geo.  N. 
Woodbridge,  Mrs.  Geo.  N. 
Woodbridge,  Miss  Mary  N. 
Woodbridge,  Miss  Julia  C. 
Williams,  Mr.  George  W. 
Williams,  Mrs.  George  W. 
Williams,  Miss  Melissa. 
Williams,  Miss  Olivia. 
Wilhams,  Mr.   Walter. 
Whitcomb,  Mr.  H.  D. 
Whitcomb,  Mrs.  H.  D. 
Whitcomb,  Mrs.  Abigail. 
Whitcomb,  Mr.  John  M. 
Whitcomb,  Miss  Minnie. 
Whitcomb,  Miss  Kate. 
Woody,  Mrs.  Anna. 
Waring,  Mr.  John  L. 
Waring,  Warner. 
Waring,  Miss  Adelaide  J. 
Warwick,  Mr.  Peter  C. 
Warwick,  Mrs.  Peter  C. 
Winn,  Mrs.  Kate  S. 
Warren,  Mr.  George  W. 
Warren,  Mrs.  George  W. 
Walker,  Miss  Sarah. 
Wolfe,  Miss  Maria. 
Wolf,  Miss  EUen. 
Werth,  Mr.  James  R. 
Werth,  Mrs.  James  R. 
Yarbrough,  Mrs.  A.  R. 


ERRATA. 

Page  49,  line  5  from  bottom,  "  Brilby  Porteous,"  is  one  name, 

and  should  have  no  separating  comma. 
Page  54,   line  8  from   bottom,  "Bishop   Hubart"   should   read 

"Hobart." 
Page  56,  line  14  from  top,   "Alexander  Victs  Griswold"  should 

read  "  Alexander  Viets  Griswold." 
Page  60,  line  5,  for  "my"  read  "any"  feeling  heart. 
Page  104,  line  15,  for  "  Ouderdork"  read  "Onderdouk. " 
Page  144,  line  14,  "  aimble"  should  be  "amiable." 
Pages  193  and  195,  Bishop  "Mead,"  should  be  "Meade." 
Page  208,  line  19,  2nd  col.,  "Miss  Mary  F.  Meade,"  should  be 

"  Miss  Marianne  O.  Meade." 
Page  206,  line  19,  1st  col.,  "Mrs.  Mary  M.  Elfroth,"  should  be 

"  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Elfreth." 
Page  253,  line  2,  "  Johnson,"  should  be  "  Johnston." 

Bishop  Lay,  referred  to  on  page  123,  is  now  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Easton,  Md. 


REMOVAL  OF  REMAINS  OF  THE  RT.  REV. 
RICHARD  CHANGING  MOORE  TO  HOL- 
LYWOOD CEMETERY. 

The  children  and  grandchildren  of  Rev.  Bishop 
Mooi'e  have  removed  his  remains,  and  those  of  Mrs. 
Moore,  from  the  City  Cemetery  to  a  family  section 
in  the  new  addition  to  Hollywood  Cemetery,  and 
also  the  monument  as  it  originally  stood.  This  in- 
teresting event  lias  been  accomplished  within  the 
past  ten  days. 

It  is  interesting  to  add  that  representatives  of 
three  generations  of  his  family  followed  his  remains 
to  their  present  resting-place. 

For  the  death  and  burial  of  the  Bishop,  reference 
is  made  to  pages  140,  156  and  157  of  this  history. 

Richmond,  June  3,  1S80.  G.  D,  F. 


